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Sparta Commercial Services (Sparta Commercial Services) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -27.10% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Sparta Commercial Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sparta Commercial Services's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $12.07 Mil. Sparta Commercial Services's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $-3.27 Mil. Sparta Commercial Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -27.10%.

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

SRCO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -131.89   Med: -19.16   Max: 93.7
Current: -30.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sparta Commercial Services was 93.70%. The lowest was -131.89%. And the median was -19.16%.

SRCO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
87.67% of 2862 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.175 vs SRCO: -30.49

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) %. Sparta Commercial Services's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.


Sparta Commercial Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sparta Commercial Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Sparta Commercial Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sparta Commercial Services Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.36 7.06 -18.94 -19.19 12.63

Sparta Commercial Services Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 64.52 12.63 -8.62 -32.15 -27.10

Competitive Comparison of Sparta Commercial Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sparta Commercial Services'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.


Sparta Commercial Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sparta Commercial Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sparta Commercial Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Sparta Commercial Services 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.

Sparta Commercial Servicess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1.558/12.34639928
=12.62 %

Sparta Commercial Services's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-3.27 Mil.



Sparta Commercial Services  (OTCPK:SRCO) 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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Sparta Commercial Services (Sparta Commercial Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
555 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Sparta Commercial Services Inc through its subsidiaries offers technology products and services. The company develops, manages, and markets its business mobile applications for smartphones and tablets. Its mobile application offerings range from racetracks, private clubs, country clubs, restaurants, and grocery stores. The company serves small and medium-size businesses under the tradename iMobileApp. It generates maximum revenue from the application source.
Executives
Jeffrey Buchanan Bean director 325 COTTON AVENUE, MACON GA 31201
Anthony L Havens director, officer: CEO 555 FIFTH AVE., 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Sandra L Ahman director, officer: VP 555 FIFTH AVE, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Kristian Srb director, 10 percent owner 555 FIFTH AVE., 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Richard P Trotter officer: COO 370 LEXINGTON AVE., SUITE 1901, NEW YORK NY 10017
Anthony William Adler officer: EVP 462 SEVENTH AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Leo Long other: 8.85% OWNER 9109 LORIET BLVD., LENEXA KS 66219
Glenn Little other: 5% Owner 211 WEST WALL ST, MIDLAND TX 70701
Michael J Mele officer: Chief Financial Officer 462 SEVENTH AVE, 20TH FL., C/O SPARTA COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC., NEW YORK NY 10018
Danny Lanjewar officer: Chief Financial Officer

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