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Linc Energy (ASX:LNC) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -32.79% (As of Dec. 2015)


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What is Linc Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Linc Energy's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was A$0.00 Mil. Linc Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was A$-253.96 Mil. Linc Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was -32.79%.

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

ASX:LNC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -35   Med: 0.1   Max: 0.1
Current: -26.7

During the past 11 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Linc Energy was 0.10%. The lowest was -35.00%. And the median was 0.10%.

ASX:LNC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.4 vs ASX:LNC: -26.70

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) %. Linc Energy's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 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.


Linc Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Linc Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Linc Energy Annual Data
Trend Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 37.31 -15.82 -5.92 -17.45 -23.98

Linc Energy Quarterly Data
Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
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 -8.90 -12.59 -23.98 -46.08 -32.79

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

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Linc Energy'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.


Linc Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

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



Linc Energy 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.

Linc Energys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-164.512/0
= %

Linc Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was A$-253.96 Mil.



Linc Energy  (ASX:LNC) 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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Linc Energy Ltd engages in exploration, development, and production of conventional oil and gas and unconventional syngas through the utilization of its underground coal gasification technology. The company's gulf coast properties are spread across Texas and Louisiana and include various producing wells over active fields, both onshore and in shallow state waters. Its segments consist of Oil and Gas engaged in exploration, development, and production of traditional oil and gas assets in North America; Clean Energy engaged in development and commercialization of Coal-to-Liquids processes through the combined utilization of Underground Coal Gasification and Gas to Liquids technologies; and Shale oil engaged in exploration of the company's petroleum exploration tenements in South Australia.