TOR Minerals International's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 was $19.96 Mil.
TOR Minerals International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2017 was $-1.34 Mil. TOR Minerals International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 was -6.71%.
The historical rank and industry rank for TOR Minerals International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
TORM'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -35.84 Med: 0 Max: 0
Current: -28.33
TORM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than 96.69% of 1572
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 4.38
vs TORM: -28.33
Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.
A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. TOR Minerals International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.
TOR Minerals International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for TOR Minerals International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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TOR Minerals International Annual Data
Trend
Dec08
Dec09
Dec10
Dec11
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
-5.65
-1.48
-30.67
3.31
-6.71
TOR Minerals International Semi-Annual Data
Dec98
Dec99
Dec00
Dec01
Dec02
Dec03
Dec04
Dec05
Dec06
Dec07
Dec08
Dec09
Dec10
Dec11
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
-5.65
-1.48
-30.67
3.31
-6.71
Competitive Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, TOR Minerals International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
TOR Minerals International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, TOR Minerals International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where TOR Minerals International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
TOR Minerals International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
TOR Minerals Internationals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as
For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.
TOR Minerals International (OTCPK:TORM) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation
Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.
Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.
Be Aware
Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.
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TOR Minerals International (TOR Minerals International) Business Description
TOR Minerals International Inc is engaged in the manufacture and sale of mineral products for use as pigments and extenders, majorly in the manufacture of paints, industrial coatings plastics, and solid surface applications. It has a business presence in the U.S., Pacific Rim; Canada, Mexico and South/Central America; Europe, Africa and the Middle East countries. Some of its products are Aluprem, Hitox and Tioprem, BARTEX and Haltex, among others.
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