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Metalert (Metalert) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -21.79% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Metalert Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Metalert's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $5.78 Mil. Metalert's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $-1.26 Mil. Metalert's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -21.79%.

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

MLRT' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -142.3   Med: -28.51   Max: 6.82
Current: -30.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Metalert was 6.82%. The lowest was -142.30%. And the median was -28.51%.

MLRT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
93.66% of 2475 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.35 vs MLRT: -30.96

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) %. Metalert's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 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.


Metalert Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Metalert Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Metalert Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -37.88 -11.26 -7.66 -21.32 -24.27

Metalert Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 -12.47 -24.27 -36.23 -22.94 -21.79

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Metalert'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.


Metalert's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Metalert's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Metalert 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.

Metalerts Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.27/5.2308836
=-24.28 %

Metalert's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.26 Mil.



Metalert  (OTCPK:MLRT) 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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Metalert (Metalert) Business Description

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117 West 9th Street, Suite 1214, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90015
Metalert Inc along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the designing, development, manufacturing, distribution, and sales of products and services in the GPS and BLE wearable technology personal location and wandering assistive technology business. Its Products and services include GPS SmartSole, Take-Along Tracker 4G, Track My Workforce, Sole Protector for GPS Smart sole, Take-Along Friends & the Invisabelt, Protective Medical devices & supplies, and VeriTap. The company generates revenue from product sales, recurring subscriptions, software, and intellectual property (IP) licensing, fees for custom hardware and software development, professional consulting, and support & maintenance services.
Executives
Louis Martin Rosenbaum director 117 W. 9TH STREET, #1214, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Alex Grimes Mckean officer: Interim CFO 1525 MONTANA AVENUE #C, SANTA MONICA CA 90403
Williams H Murray officer: Chief Financial Officer 28426 RANCHO GRANDE, LAGUNA NIGUEL CA 92677
Patrick Aroff director 117 W. 9TH STREET, #1214, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
Andrew Hamish Duncan director 117 W 9TH STREET #1214, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
Gregory Jeremiah Provenzano director 117 W 9TH STREET #1214, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
Multi Media Technology Ventures, Ltd. 10 percent owner 668 N. COAST HWY, STE 191, LAGUNA BEACH CA 92651
Christopher M Walsh officer: Chief Operations Officer 117 W. 9TH STREET, #1214, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
Patrick Bertagna director, officer: President, CEO 117 W. 9TH STREET, #1214, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
Jeff Sharpe director, 10 percent owner, officer: President,Secretary,Treasurer 6348 49TH AVENUE, LADNER A1 V4K 5A1