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Universal Power Industry (Universal Power Industry) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.54% (As of Mar. 2016)


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What is Universal Power Industry Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Universal Power Industry's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was $11.57 Mil. Universal Power Industry's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 was $-0.06 Mil. Universal Power Industry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was -0.54%.

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

UPIN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -33.56   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -27.93

UPIN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
94.61% of 538 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 6.88 vs UPIN: -27.93

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) %. Universal Power Industry's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 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.


Universal Power Industry Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Universal Power Industry Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Universal Power Industry Annual Data
Trend Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Jun14 Jun15 Jun23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -2.25 -18.05 - - 6.18

Universal Power Industry Quarterly Data
Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun23
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 - - - -0.54 -

Competitive Comparison of Universal Power Industry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Universal Power Industry'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.


Universal Power Industry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Universal Power Industry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Universal Power Industry 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.

Universal Power Industrys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0.15/2.4260396
=6.18 %

Universal Power Industry's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.06 Mil.



Universal Power Industry  (OTCPK:UPIN) 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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Universal Power Industry (Universal Power Industry) Business Description

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Address
3 Grace Avenue, Suite 100, Great Neck, NY, USA, 11021
Universal Power Industry Corp is a diversified holding company. It owns, invests, and or manages businesses and real estate, and on special situations provides financing solutions to companies at various developmental stages. Its business objectives cover a wide range of sectors from consumer/industrial products and technology research and development/startups.

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