Interplay Entertainment (Interplay Entertainment) EBIT : $-1.03 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2011)

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What is Interplay Entertainment EBIT?

Interplay Entertainment's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was $-0.36 Mil. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2011 was $-1.03 Mil.

EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Interplay Entertainment's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was -179.79%. Interplay Entertainment's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was -4,475.00%.

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

Interplay Entertainment EBIT Historical Data

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

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Interplay Entertainment EBIT Chart

Interplay Entertainment Annual Data

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-1.27

4.46

-0.46

-1.42

-0.94

Interplay Entertainment Quarterly Data
	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11
EBIT	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.28	-0.29	-0.21	-0.17	-0.36

Competitive Comparison of Interplay Entertainment's EBIT

For the Software - Application subindustry, Interplay Entertainment'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.

Interplay Entertainment's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Interplay Entertainment's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

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

Interplay Entertainment 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 Mar. 2011 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.03 Mil.

Interplay Entertainment (OTCPK:IPLY) EBIT Explanation

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

Interplay Entertainment's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Mar. 2011 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2010 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2011 ))	/ count )
=	-1.432 * ( 1 - 0% )	/	( (0.814	+	0.779)	/ 2 )
=	-1.432	/	0.7965
=	-179.79 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 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	))
=	0.291	-	2.354	-	( 0.003	-	max(0, 3.134	-	0.257	+	0.003	))
=	0.814

	Invested Capital		(Q: Mar. 2011 )
=	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	))
=	0.219	-	2.667	-	( 0.004	-	max(0, 3.416	-	0.189	+	0.004	))
=	0.779

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2011) data.

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

Interplay Entertainment's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Mar. 2011 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Dec. 2010		Q: Mar. 2011
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-1.432	/	( ( (0.034 + max(-2.662, 0))	+	(0.03 + max(-3.04, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-1.432	/	( ( 0.034	+	0.03 )	/	2 )
=	-1.432	/	0.032
=	-4,475.00 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2010 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.199	+	0.01	+	0.024)	-	(2.354	+	0.541	+	0)
=	-2.662

	Working Capital		(Q: Mar. 2011 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.132	+	0.011	+	0.024)	-	(2.667	+	0.54	+	0)
=	-3.04

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2011) EBIT data.

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

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	=	EBIT (TTM)	/	Enterprise Value (Q: Mar. 2011 )
	=	-1.031	/	0.000
	=	%

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