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VAE Apcarom (LTS:0DL6) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 23.81% (As of Mar. 2015)


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What is VAE Apcarom Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

VAE Apcarom's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was lei0.0 Mil. VAE Apcarom's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2015 was lei16.5 Mil. VAE Apcarom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was 23.81%.

The historical rank and industry rank for VAE Apcarom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0DL6' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.1   Med: 24.1   Max: 72.6
Current: 24

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of VAE Apcarom was 72.60%. The lowest was 13.10%. And the median was 24.10%.

LTS:0DL6's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 4.13 vs LTS:0DL6: 24.00

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. VAE Apcarom's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


VAE Apcarom Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for VAE Apcarom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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VAE Apcarom Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

VAE Apcarom Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 21.98 14.01 30.30 27.40

VAE Apcarom Quarterly Data
Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.85 12.89 16.47 27.40 23.81

Competitive Comparison of VAE Apcarom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, VAE Apcarom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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.


VAE Apcarom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, VAE Apcarom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where VAE Apcarom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



VAE Apcarom Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

VAE Apcaroms Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=14.562/0
= %

VAE Apcarom's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was lei16.5 Mil.



VAE Apcarom  (LTS:0DL6) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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VAE Apcarom (LTS:0DL6) Business Description

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VAE Apcarom S.A. manufactures industrial equipment. Its activities are engaged in automotive, white goods, energy and special sections industries.

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