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Sears Canada (Sears Canada) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -263.16% (As of Apr. 2017)


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What is Sears Canada Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sears Canada's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2017 was $112 Mil. Sears Canada's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2017 was $-295 Mil. Sears Canada's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2017 was -263.16%.

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

SRSCQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 4.855
* 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) %. Sears Canada's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Apr. 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.


Sears Canada Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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* 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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Sears Canada Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sears Canada Annual Data
Trend Jan08 Jan09 Jan10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.56 59.52 -36.63 -15.41 -416.67

Sears Canada Quarterly Data
Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17
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 -31.85 -217.39 -172.41 -416.67 -263.16

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

For the Department Stores subindustry, Sears Canada'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.


Sears Canada's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sears Canada's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sears Canada 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.

Sears Canadas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2017 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-234.62/55.8512
=-420.08 %

Sears Canada's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-295 Mil.



Sears Canada  (OTCPK:SRSCQ) 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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Sears Canada (Sears Canada) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
290 Yonge Street, Suite 700, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5B 2C3
Sears Canada Inc is in the sale of goods and services through the Company's Retail channels. It comprised of one reportable segment, Merchandising. Which includes its full-line department, Sears Home, Hometown, Outlet, Corbeil Electrique Inc. stores, and its Direct (catalog/internet) channel. It also includes service revenue related primarily to logistics services provided through the Company. Commission revenue includes travel, home improvement services, insurance, wireless and long-distance plans. Licensee fee revenue is comprised of payments received from licensees that operate within the Company stores.

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