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Alternative Investment (Alternative Investment) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -21.19% (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Alternative Investment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Alternative Investment's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $1.49 Mil. Alternative Investment's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 was $-0.32 Mil. Alternative Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was -21.19%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alternative Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

AIKO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: -1.75
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Alternative Investment's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 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.


Alternative Investment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alternative Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Alternative Investment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Alternative Investment Annual Data
Trend Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.37 -23.92 -59.88 -52.91 -25.45

Alternative Investment Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -16.69 -25.45 -23.20 -24.15 -21.19

Competitive Comparison of Alternative Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Alternative Investment'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.


Alternative Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Alternative Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alternative Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Alternative Investment 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.

Alternative Investments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.332/1.300066
=-25.54 %

Alternative Investment's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.32 Mil.



Alternative Investment  (OTCPK:AIKO) 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.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Alternative Investment (Alternative Investment) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
408 Boonesville Bend, Argyle, TX, USA, 76226
Alternative Investment Corp is a shell company.
Executives
Unerkov Con other: No position PO BOX 1171, NORTH ADELAIDE SA C3 5006
Bin He other: no position RM 1001, NO.10 BUILDING, YUMIN VILLAGE HEPING ROAD, LUOHU DISTRICT SHENZHEN F4 0000
Ning He director, officer: Secretary ROOM 1001, NO.10 BUILDING, YUMIN VILLAGE HEPING ROAD, LUOHU DISTRICT SHENZHEN F4 0000000

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