LookSmart Group (LookSmart Group) EBIT : $-0.13 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2017)

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What is LookSmart Group EBIT?

LookSmart Group's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the three months ended in Jun. 2017 was $0.02 Mil. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 was $-0.13 Mil.

EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. LookSmart Group's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 2.86%. LookSmart Group's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 5.98%.

EBIT is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield. LookSmart Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was -28.18%.

LookSmart Group EBIT Historical Data

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

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LookSmart Group EBIT Chart

LookSmart Group Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

EBIT

-6.41

-3.17

-0.99

LookSmart Group Quarterly Data
	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Jun17
EBIT	Get a 7-Day Free Trial						-0.32	-0.49	-0.19	0.04	0.02

Competitive Comparison of LookSmart Group's EBIT

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, LookSmart Group'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 Group's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

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

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

LookSmart Group 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. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.13 Mil.

LookSmart Group (OTCPK:LKST) EBIT Explanation

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

LookSmart Group's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Jun. 2017 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2016 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Jun. 2017 ))	/ count )
=	0.08 * ( 1 - 0% )	/	( (3.059	+	2.534)	/ 2 )
=	0.08	/	2.7965
=	2.86 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2016 )
=	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	))
=	3.938	-	2.09	-	( 0.217	-	max(0, 3.384	-	2.173	+	0.217	))
=	3.059

	Invested Capital		(Q: Jun. 2017 )
=	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	))
=	3.817	-	1.592	-	( 0.211	-	max(0, 2.379	-	2.07	+	0.211	))
=	2.534

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2017) data.

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

LookSmart Group's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Jun. 2017 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Dec. 2016		Q: Jun. 2017
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	0.08	/	( ( (1.347 + max(-0.888, 0))	+	(1.329 + max(-0.52, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	0.08	/	( ( 1.347	+	1.329 )	/	2 )
=	0.08	/	1.338
=	5.98 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2016 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(1.116	+	0	+	0.84)	-	(2.09	+	0.754	+	0)
=	-0.888

	Working Capital		(Q: Jun. 2017 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.627	+	0	+	1.232)	-	(1.592	+	0.787	+	0)
=	-0.52

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2017) EBIT data.

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

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	=	EBIT (TTM)	/	Enterprise Value (Q: Jun. 2017 )
	=	-0.133	/	0.472
	=	-28.18 %

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2850 West Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson, NV, USA, 89052

Website

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LookSmart Group Inc engages in providing digital advertising solutions. The company provides solutions for search and display advertising customers in a large online advertising ecosystem serving ads that target user queries on partner sites. It offers search advertising customers, and targeted search through a search advertising distribution network that uses the company's AdCenter platform technology. It offers advertisers the ability to buy graphical display advertising. The company derives its revenues from LookSmart AdCenter, Novatech.io, ShopWiki, and web searches.

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