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ZaZa Energy (ZaZa Energy) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -4.37% (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is ZaZa Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

ZaZa Energy's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $106.48 Mil. ZaZa Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was $-4.65 Mil. ZaZa Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was -4.37%.

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

ZAZA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.585
* 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) %. ZaZa Energy's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 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.


ZaZa Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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ZaZa Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

ZaZa Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - 14.06 -44.05 -6.34

ZaZa Energy Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 1.52 19.61 -6.34 -10.16 -4.37

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

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, ZaZa Energy'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.


ZaZa Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, ZaZa Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



ZaZa Energy 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.

ZaZa Energys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-8.759/118.615572
=-7.38 %

ZaZa Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4.65 Mil.



ZaZa Energy  (GREY:ZAZA) 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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ZaZa Energy Corp is an independent oil and gas company. The Company is focused on the exploration and production of unconventional and conventional oil and gas assets. It operates primarily through joint ventures in the Eagle Ford East trend in East Texas and the Eagle Ford trend in South Texas.

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