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West Texas Resources (West Texas Resources) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.55% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is West Texas Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

West Texas Resources's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $1.83 Mil. West Texas Resources's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $-0.01 Mil. West Texas Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -0.55%.

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

WTXR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1342.64   Med: -29.57   Max: -0.53
Current: -0.53

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of West Texas Resources was -0.53%. The lowest was -1342.64%. And the median was -29.57%.

WTXR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
68.82% of 1097 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.48 vs WTXR: -0.53

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) %. West Texas Resources's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 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.


West Texas Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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West Texas Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

West Texas Resources Annual Data
Trend Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -2.43 -6.38 -25.38 -2.74

West Texas Resources Quarterly Data
Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Sep22 Sep23
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 -3.66 -6.15 -5.82 -0.14 -0.55

Competitive Comparison of West Texas Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, West Texas Resources'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.


West Texas Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, West Texas Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



West Texas Resources 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.

West Texas Resourcess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.223/8.13195
=-2.74 %

West Texas Resources's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.01 Mil.



West Texas Resources  (OTCPK:WTXR) 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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West Texas Resources (West Texas Resources) Business Description

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5729 Lebanon Road, Suite 144, Frisco, TX, USA, 75034
West Texas Resources Inc is a United States-based company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties in North America. The Company targets both new and existing fields and producing wells to be revitalized.

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