Spire's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was $0.00 Mil.
Spire's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 was $-6.32 Mil. Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was -67.11%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
SPIR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 1.95 * 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) %. Spire's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was -127.69%. 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.
Spire Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Solar subindustry, Spire'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.
Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Spire's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Spires Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as
Spire's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-6.32 Mil.
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.
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Spire Corp and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market engineered products and services. The company operates in two business areas namely capital equipment for the photovoltaic solar industry and biomedical. Its photovoltaic solar area produces, assembles and sells specialized equipment for the production of terrestrial photovoltaic modules from solar cells. The biomedical area provides surface treatments to the manufacturers of orthopedic and other medical devices. Additionally, the company provides training and assistance with module certification and solar factory management services. Further, it offers its products geographically across countries like the United States, Asia, Europe and Africa, and internationally.
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