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Puissant Industries (Puissant Industries) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -13.97% (As of Dec. 2013)


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What is Puissant Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Puissant Industries's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was $1.45 Mil. Puissant Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was $-0.20 Mil. Puissant Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was -13.97%.

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

PSSS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -20.83   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -12.71

PSSS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
89.45% of 777 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 3.09 vs PSSS: -12.71

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) %. Puissant Industries's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 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.


Puissant Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Puissant Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Puissant Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -1.71 -13.97

Puissant Industries Semi-Annual Data
Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % - - -1.71 -13.97

Competitive Comparison of Puissant Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Puissant Industries'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.


Puissant Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Puissant Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Puissant Industries 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.

Puissant Industriess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.202/1.446568
=-13.96 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Puissant Industries  (OTCPK:PSSS) 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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Puissant Industries (Puissant Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
480 Lexington Road, Suite 12, Versailles, KY, USA, 40383
Puissant Industries Inc is a rapidly growing independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, acquisition, and production of crude oil and natural gas with operations focused in the United States. The Company's focus is on the redevelopment of producing oils and gas properties and is currently producing commercial quantities of oil and gas from fields it owns and operates.
Executives
Carbon River Holdings, Inc. 10 percent owner 520 WHITLEY STREET, LONDON KY 40743
Logos Resources, Inc. 10 percent owner 520 WHITLEY STREET, LONDON KY 40743
Marshall E. Holbrook director, officer: Vice President 520 WHITLEY STREET, LONDON KY 40743
Holbrook Cora J. director, officer: Secretary/Treasurer 520 WHITLEY STREET, LONDON KY 40743
Mccrome International Inc. 10 percent owner 520 WHITLEY STREET, LONDON KY 40743
Sovereign One, Inc. 10 percent owner 520 WHITLEY STREET, LONDON KY 40743
Mark E. Holbrook director, officer: President 520 WHITLEY STREET, LONDON KY 40743

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