Railpower Technologies (Railpower Technologies) EBIT : $-36.43 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2008)

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What is Railpower Technologies EBIT?

Railpower Technologies's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was $-5.94 Mil. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2008 was $-36.43 Mil.

EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Railpower Technologies's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was -73.65%. Railpower Technologies's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was -289.33%.

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

Railpower Technologies EBIT Historical Data

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

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Railpower Technologies EBIT Chart

Railpower Technologies Annual Data

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-2.22

-11.76

-52.46

-37.51

-64.56

Railpower Technologies Quarterly Data
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EBIT	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-11.11	-16.71	-7.12	-6.66	-5.94

Competitive Comparison of Railpower Technologies's EBIT

For the Railroads subindustry, Railpower Technologies'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.

Railpower Technologies's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Railpower Technologies's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

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

Railpower Technologies 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 Sep. 2008 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-36.43 Mil.

Railpower Technologies (OTCPK:RLPHQ) EBIT Explanation

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

Railpower Technologies's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Sep. 2008 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Jun. 2008 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2008 ))	/ count )
=	-23.748 * ( 1 - % )	/	( (31.774	+	32.717)	/ 2 )
=	-23.748	/	32.2455
=	-73.65 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Jun. 2008 )
=	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	))
=	66.339	-	8.112	-	( 39.92	-	max(0, 32.122	-	58.575	+	39.92	))
=	31.774

	Invested Capital		(Q: Sep. 2008 )
=	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	))
=	56.385	-	7.733	-	( 25.166	-	max(0, 28.263	-	44.198	+	25.166	))
=	32.717

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2008) data.

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

Railpower Technologies's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Sep. 2008 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Jun. 2008		Q: Sep. 2008
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-23.748	/	( ( (6.361 + max(-13.467, 0))	+	(10.055 + max(-9.231, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-23.748	/	( ( 6.361	+	10.055 )	/	2 )
=	-23.748	/	8.208
=	-289.33 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Jun. 2008 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(2.035	+	16.077	+	0.543)	-	(8.112	+	0	+	24.01)
=	-13.467

	Working Capital		(Q: Sep. 2008 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(3.654	+	14.542	+	0.83600000000001)	-	(7.733	+	0	+	20.53)
=	-9.231

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2008) EBIT data.

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

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	=	EBIT (TTM)	/	Enterprise Value (Q: Sep. 2008 )
	=	-36.426	/	0.000
	=	%

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Railpower Technologies Corp is engaged in the development, construction, marketing and sales of high performance, clean locomotives and power plants for the transportation and related industries.

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