General DataComm Industries (General DataComm Industries) EBIT : $-1.70 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2010)

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What is General DataComm Industries EBIT?

General DataComm Industries's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the three months ended in Jun. 2010 was $-0.25 Mil. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2010 was $-1.70 Mil.

EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. General DataComm Industries's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2010 was -3.68%. General DataComm Industries's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2010 was -31.70%.

EBIT is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield.

General DataComm Industries EBIT Historical Data

The historical data trend for General DataComm Industries's EBIT can be seen below:

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General DataComm Industries EBIT Chart

General DataComm Industries Annual Data

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6.16

0.61

6.56

-0.30

-2.73

General DataComm Industries Quarterly Data
	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10
EBIT	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.37	-0.63	-0.29	-0.53	-0.25

Competitive Comparison of General DataComm Industries's EBIT

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, General DataComm Industries'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.

General DataComm Industries's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, General DataComm Industries's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

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

General DataComm Industries 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. 2010 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.70 Mil.

General DataComm Industries (GREY:GNRD) EBIT Explanation

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

General DataComm Industries's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2010 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Jun. 2010 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2010 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Jun. 2010 ))	/ count )
=	-1.08 * ( 1 - -0.31% )	/	( (29.377	+	29.481)	/ 2 )
=	-1.083348	/	29.429
=	-3.68 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Mar. 2010 )
=	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	))
=	5.586	-	16.467	-	( 0.009	-	max(0, 42.702	-	2.444	+	0.009	))
=	29.377

	Invested Capital		(Q: Jun. 2010 )
=	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	))
=	5.443	-	17.137	-	( 0.014	-	max(0, 43.527	-	2.352	+	0.014	))
=	29.481

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2010) data.

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

General DataComm Industries's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2010 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Jun. 2010 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Mar. 2010		Q: Jun. 2010
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-0.988	/	( ( (3.142 + max(-14.032, 0))	+	(3.091 + max(-14.799, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-0.988	/	( ( 3.142	+	3.091 )	/	2 )
=	-0.988	/	3.1165
=	-31.70 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Mar. 2010 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.027	+	2.083	+	0.325)	-	(16.467	+	0	+	0)
=	-14.032

	Working Capital		(Q: Jun. 2010 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.047	+	1.965	+	0.326)	-	(17.137	+	0	+	0)
=	-14.799

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2010) EBIT data.

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

General DataComm Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for today is calculated as:

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	=	EBIT (TTM)	/	Enterprise Value (Q: Jun. 2010 )
	=	-1.698	/	0.000
	=	%

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General DataComm Industries (General DataComm Industries) Business Description

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Address

6 Rubber Avenue, Naugatuck, CT, USA, 06770

Website

http://www.gdc.com

General DataComm Industries Inc is a provider of networking and telecommunications products, services and solutions. The company is focused on providing multi-service provisioning solutions using multi-service access and switching products.

Executives

Howard S Modlin

director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer

P O BOX 813, LIBERTY CORNER NJ 07938

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