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Sepura (STU:3SE) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Sep. 2016)


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What is Sepura Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sepura's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was €163.4 Mil. Sepura's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was €-67.3 Mil. Sepura's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 0.00%.

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

STU:3SE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 3.315
* 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) %. Sepura's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 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.


Sepura Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Sepura Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sepura Annual Data
Trend Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.95 5.24 6.39 6.61 -2.61

Sepura Semi-Annual Data
Sep07 Mar08 Sep08 Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16
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 - 6.61 - -2.61 -

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Sepura'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.


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

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

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



Sepura 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.

Sepuras Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-15.192/513.97738
=-2.96 %

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.



Sepura  (STU:3SE) 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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Sepura PLC is a public limited company incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales on January 16, 2002. The Company is engaged in the design, development and supply of digital radio solutions, complementary accessories, support tools and devices. Its solutions bring together radio infrastructure, terminals and data applications.

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