LookSmart (FRA:LOKB) EBIT : €-3.91 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2015)

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What is LookSmart EBIT?

LookSmart's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €-0.88 Mil. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was €-3.91 Mil.

EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. LookSmart's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was -86.90%. LookSmart's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was -136.66%.

EBIT is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield. LookSmart's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was -103.44%.

LookSmart EBIT Historical Data

The historical data trend for LookSmart's EBIT can be seen below:

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LookSmart EBIT Chart

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0.58

-1.84

-8.39

-3.90

-5.19

LookSmart Quarterly Data
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EBIT	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-1.37	-1.01	-1.10	-0.92	-0.88

Competitive Comparison of LookSmart's EBIT

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, LookSmart's EV-to-EBIT, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBIT 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.

LookSmart's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, LookSmart's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where LookSmart's EV-to-EBIT falls into.

LookSmart EBIT Calculation

EBIT, sometimes also called Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, is a measure of a firm's profit that includes all expenses except interest and income tax expenses. It is the difference between operating revenues and operating expenses. When a firm does not have non-operating income, then Operating Income is sometimes used as a synonym for EBIT and operating profit.

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 €-3.91 Mil.

LookSmart (FRA:LOKB) EBIT Explanation

1. EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

LookSmart's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2015 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Jun. 2015 ))	/ count )
=	-3.608 * ( 1 - 0% )	/	( (3.972	+	4.332)	/ 2 )
=	-3.608	/	4.152
=	-86.90 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Mar. 2015 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	4.149	-	1.556	-	( 0.27	-	max(0, 2.389	-	1.01	+	0.27	))
=	3.972

	Invested Capital		(Q: Jun. 2015 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	4.161	-	1.132	-	( 0.494	-	max(0, 2.67	-	1.367	+	0.494	))
=	4.332

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2015) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

LookSmart's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Jun. 2015 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Mar. 2015		Q: Jun. 2015
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-3.536	/	( ( (2.753 + max(-1.569, 0))	+	(2.422 + max(-0.996, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-3.536	/	( ( 2.753	+	2.422 )	/	2 )
=	-3.536	/	2.5875
=	-136.66 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Mar. 2015 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.244	+	0	+	0.496)	-	(1.556	+	0.752	+	0.00099999999999989)
=	-1.569

	Working Capital		(Q: Jun. 2015 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.261	+	0	+	0.612)	-	(1.132	+	0.737	+	0)
=	-0.996

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2015) EBIT data.

3. It is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of Earnings Yield:

LookSmart's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for today is calculated as:

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	=	EBIT (TTM)	/	Enterprise Value (Q: Jun. 2015 )
	=	-3.906	/	3.776
	=	-103.44 %

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LookSmart Ltd was organized in 1996 and is incorporated in the State of Delaware. The Company is a search advertising network solutions Company that provides relevant solutions for search advertising customers. It operates in a large online search advertising ecosystem serving ads that target user queries on partner sites. It operates in the middle of this ecosystem, acquiring search queries from a variety of sources and matching them with the keywords of its search advertising customers. The Companys largest category of customers has been intermediaries, the majority of which purchase clicks to sell into the affiliate networks of the large search engine providers. Another category of customers are direct advertisers and their agencies whose objective is to obtain conversions or sales from the clicks. The last category of customers is self-service advertisers that sign-up online and pays by credit card. It offers search advertising customers targeted, pay-per-click (PPC) search via a monitored search advertising distribution network using the Companys AdCenter platform technology. The Companys search advertising network includes publishers and search advertising customers, including intermediaries and direct advertising customers and their agencies as well as self-service customers in the United States and certain other countries. The Companys application programming interface (API) allows search advertising customers and their advertising agencies to connect any type of marketing or reporting software with minimal effort for easier access, management, and optimization of search advertising campaigns. It also offers publishers licensed private-label search advertiser network solutions based on its AdCenter platform technology (Publisher Solutions). Publisher Solutions consist of hosted auction-based ad serving with an ad backfill capability that allows publishers and portals to manage their advertiser relationships, distribution channels and accounts. The Companys trademarks include LookSmart. It is subject to a number of domestic state and federal laws that affect companies conducting business on the Internet.