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Tigrent (Tigrent) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -22.37% (As of Dec. 2010)


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What is Tigrent Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Tigrent's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was $-2.1 Mil. Tigrent's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2010 was $0.8 Mil. Tigrent's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was -22.37%.

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

TIGE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Education industry.
Industry Median: 5.49
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Tigrent's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was -8.73%. 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.


Tigrent Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Tigrent Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Tigrent Annual Data
Trend Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 22.99 -149.25 -16.23 500.00 -22.37

Tigrent Quarterly Data
Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10
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 500.00 1,111.11 500.00 625.00 -22.37

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

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Tigrent'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.


Tigrent's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Tigrent's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Tigrent 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.

Tigrents Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0.794/-2.126684
=-37.34 %

Tigrent's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2010 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.8 Mil.



Tigrent  (OTCPK:TIGE) 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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Tigrent (Tigrent) Business Description

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Address
1612 Cape Coral Parkway, Suite 33904, Cape Coral, FL, USA, 33904
Tigrent Inc through its subsidiaries provides practical, high-quality and value-based training, conferences, publications, technology-based tools and mentoring where customers acquire learning, can apply to accumulate wealth. The company offers training and mentoring on real estate, financial instruments investing and entrepreneurship in the USA, UK and Canada.
Executives
Steven C Barre director, officer: CEO 777 SOUTH FLAGLER DRIVE SUITE 1108, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
J. Hunter Brown director 20 OLD LANTERN DRIVE, WILTON CT 06897
Richardson Kevin A Ii director, 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110
Prides Capital Partners, Llc director, 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110
James E. May officer: Chief Admin & General Counsel 1612 E. CAPE CORAL PARKWAY, CAPE CORAL FL 33904
Murray A Indick director, 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110
James K Bass director 1612 EAST CAPE CORAL PKWY, C/O LEGACY EDUCATION ALLIANCE, INC., CAPE CORAL FL 33904
Kingstown Partners Master Ltd. 10 percent owner C/O MOURANT OZANNES CORPORATE SERVICES, 42 NORTH CHURCH STREET, P.O. BOX 1348, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1108
Kingstown Management Gp Llc 10 percent owner 1270 BROADWAY, SUITE 1009, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kingstown Capital Management L.p. 10 percent owner 167 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 205 #1033, NEW YORK NY 10016
Michael Blitzer 10 percent owner 1270 BROADWAY, SUITE 1009, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kingstown Capital Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 535 MADISON AVENUE, 30TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Guy Shanon 10 percent owner 1270 BROADWAY, SUITE 1009, NEW YORK NY 10001
Allan D Weingarten director 136 OLIVERA WAY, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33418
Wallace L Timmeny director 1122 INTERNATIONAL BLVD., SUITE 601, BURLINGTON A6 L7L 6Z8

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