What is Pharma-Bio Serv Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Pharma-Bio Serv's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $6.44 Mil.
Pharma-Bio Serv's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.35 Mil. Pharma-Bio Serv's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 5.43%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Pharma-Bio Serv's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
PBSV'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5842.86 Med: 16.31 Max: 365.7
Current: 21.32
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Pharma-Bio Serv was 365.70%. The lowest was -5842.86%. And the median was 16.31%.
PBSV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 98.68% of 680
companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 2.53
vs PBSV: 21.32
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) %. Pharma-Bio Serv's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.
Pharma-Bio Serv Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Pharma-Bio Serv'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.
Competitive Comparison of Pharma-Bio Serv's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Health Information Services subindustry, Pharma-Bio Serv'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.
Pharma-Bio Serv's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry
For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Pharma-Bio Serv's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Pharma-Bio Serv's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Pharma-Bio Servs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as
Pharma-Bio Serv's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.35 Mil.
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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Pharma-Bio Serv (Pharma-Bio Serv) Business Description
Pharma-Bio Serv Inc is a compliance and technology transfer services consulting firm. It also provides microbiological testing services and chemical testing services through its laboratory testing facility in Puerto Rico. It has three reportable segments: Puerto Rico technical compliance consulting which is the key revenue driver; United States technical compliance consulting; and Europe technical compliance consulting. The company offers solutions to the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, medical devices, cosmetic and food industries, and allied products companies.
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