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Warburg Pincus Capital I-A (Warburg Pincus Capital I-A) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.66% (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Warburg Pincus Capital I-A Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $0.00 Mil. Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 was $-2.30 Mil. Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was -0.66%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

WPCA.U' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.7   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -0.64

WPCA.U's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: -1.68 vs WPCA.U: -0.64

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) %. Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 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.


Warburg Pincus Capital I-A Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Warburg Pincus Capital I-A Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Warburg Pincus Capital I-A Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -0.56

Warburg Pincus Capital I-A Quarterly Data
Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -0.56 -0.70 -0.69 -0.66

Competitive Comparison of Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Warburg Pincus Capital I-A'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.


Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Warburg Pincus Capital I-A 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.

Warburg Pincus Capital I-As Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.953/0
= %

Warburg Pincus Capital I-A's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-2.30 Mil.



Warburg Pincus Capital I-A  (NYSE:WPCA.U) 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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Warburg Pincus Capital I-A (Warburg Pincus Capital I-A) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
450 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Website
Warburg Pincus Capital Corp I-A is a blank check company.
Executives
Timothy J Curt director C/O WARBURG PINCUS, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Alison S. Rand director 3120 BRECKINRIDGE BLVD., DULUTH GA 30099
James Neary director C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus (bermuda) Private Equity Gp Ltd. director, 10 percent owner C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus Partners Ii (cayman), L.p. director, 10 percent owner 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, NEW YORK NY 10017
Anesa Chaibi director 3100 CUMBERLAND BLVD, STE 1480, ATLANTA GA 30339
Mark Colodny director C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Christopher H Turner director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus Capital Corp Gp Llc director, 10 percent owner 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Tara Eileen O'neill director, officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus Capital Corp I-a Sponsor, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus Partners Ii Holdings (cayman), L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Wpp Ii Administrative (cayman), Llc director, 10 percent owner C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017