Prime Focus London (LSE:PFO) EBIT : £-1.03 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2013)

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What is Prime Focus London EBIT?

Prime Focus London's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the six months ended in Mar. 2013 was £-0.50 Mil. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2013 was £-1.03 Mil.

EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Prime Focus London's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 was -3.61%. Prime Focus London's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 was -4.49%.

EBIT is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield. Prime Focus London's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 was -138.92%.

Prime Focus London EBIT Historical Data

The historical data trend for Prime Focus London's EBIT can be seen below:

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Prime Focus London EBIT Chart

Prime Focus London Annual Data

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EBIT

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-6.97

-0.22

4.04

-1.12

-1.03

Prime Focus London Semi-Annual Data
	Feb03	Aug03	Feb04	Aug04	Feb05	Aug05	Feb06	Aug06	Sep07	Mar08	Sep08	Mar09	Sep09	Mar10	Sep10	Mar11	Sep11	Mar12	Sep12	Mar13
EBIT	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.33	0.79	-1.90	-0.53	-0.50

Competitive Comparison of Prime Focus London's EBIT

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Prime Focus London'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.

Prime Focus London's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Prime Focus London's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

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

Prime Focus London 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. 2013 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £-1.03 Mil.

Prime Focus London (LSE:PFO) EBIT Explanation

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

Prime Focus London's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Mar. 2013 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2012 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2013 ))	/ count )
=	-0.992 * ( 1 - -12.36% )	/	( (31.093	+	30.631)	/ 2 )
=	-1.1146112	/	30.862
=	-3.61 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Sep. 2012 )
=	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	))
=	35.574	-	10.51	-	( 0.173	-	max(0, 24.703	-	18.674	+	0.173	))
=	31.093

	Invested Capital		(Q: Mar. 2013 )
=	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	))
=	29.755	-	4.097	-	( 0.586	-	max(0, 20.982	-	16.009	+	0.586	))
=	30.631

Note: The Operating Income data used here is two times the semi-annual (Mar. 2013) data.

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

Prime Focus London's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Mar. 2013 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Sep. 2012		Q: Mar. 2013
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-0.992	/	( ( (14.254 + max(7.991, 0))	+	(11.846 + max(10.123, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-0.992	/	( ( 22.245	+	21.969 )	/	2 )
=	-0.992	/	22.107
=	-4.49 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Sep. 2012 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0	+	0.019	+	18.482)	-	(10.51	+	0	+	0)
=	7.991

	Working Capital		(Q: Mar. 2013 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(2.88	+	0.024	+	12.519)	-	(4.097	+	0	+	1.203)
=	10.123

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is two times the semi-annual (Mar. 2013) EBIT data.

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

Prime Focus London's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for today is calculated as:

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	=	EBIT (TTM)	/	Enterprise Value (Q: Mar. 2013 )
	=	-1.028	/	0.740
	=	-138.92 %

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Prime Focus London PLC is incorporated and domiciled in England. The company and its subsidiaries are technology based service providers to the media and entertainment industry. It is a part of Prime Focus, providing services to the Film, Broadcast, Commercials, Internet and Media industries. It offers end-to-end solution, from pre-production to final delivery including video and audio post-production, production services and on-set supervision, Digital Intermediate, versioning and adaptation, visual effects and animation.