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Urban Barns Foods (Urban Barns Foods) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -62.50% (As of Jan. 2016)


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What is Urban Barns Foods Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Urban Barns Foods's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2016 was $1.69 Mil. Urban Barns Foods's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2016 was $-1.06 Mil. Urban Barns Foods's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2016 was -62.50%.

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

URBF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 5.19
* 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) %. Urban Barns Foods's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 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.


Urban Barns Foods Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Urban Barns Foods Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Urban Barns Foods Annual Data
Trend Jul08 Jul09 Jul10 Jul11 Jul12 Jul13 Jul14 Jul15
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.02 -27.78 -70.92 -15.13 -33.78

Urban Barns Foods Quarterly Data
Apr11 Jul11 Oct11 Jan12 Apr12 Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16
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 -22.22 -28.41 -33.78 -58.82 -62.50

Competitive Comparison of Urban Barns Foods's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Farm Products subindustry, Urban Barns Foods'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.


Urban Barns Foods's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Urban Barns Foods's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Urban Barns Foods 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.

Urban Barns Foodss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2015 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.583/4.687
=-33.77 %

Urban Barns Foods's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.06 Mil.



Urban Barns Foods  (OTCPK:URBF) 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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Urban Barns Foods (Urban Barns Foods) Business Description

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Address
13000 Chemin Bélanger, Mirabel, QC, CAN, J7J 2N8
Urban Barns Foods Inc is a produce production company, or grower, that aims to be the supplier of choice for fresh, locally grown, Kosher-certified, organic, or high-quality fruits and vegetables for urban consumers. The company's strategy is to develop a series of urban barns that are used to grow fruits and vegetables in several urban centers, beginning with Montreal, Canada. They offer multiple varieties of lettuce, basil, and various herbs. The company derives revenue from the sale of agricultural products.
Executives
Jeremy Kendall director 17121 MISSISSAUGA RD, BELFOUNTAIN A6 00000

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