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World Wireless Communications (World Wireless Communications) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Dec. 2002)


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What is World Wireless Communications Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

World Wireless Communications's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2002 was $4.42 Mil. World Wireless Communications's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2002 was $-4.53 Mil. World Wireless Communications's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2002 was 0.00%.

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

WWRL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3333.33   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -3333.33

WWRL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.385 vs WWRL: -3333.33

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) %. World Wireless Communications's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2002 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.


World Wireless Communications Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for World Wireless Communications's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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World Wireless Communications Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

World Wireless Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
-9.46 -6.08 -26.88 -103.09

World Wireless Communications Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of World Wireless Communications's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, World Wireless Communications'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.


World Wireless Communications's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, World Wireless Communications's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where World Wireless Communications's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



World Wireless Communications 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.

World Wireless Communicationss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2002 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-4.53/4.416386
=-102.57 %

World Wireless Communications's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2002 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4.53 Mil.



World Wireless Communications  (OTCPK:WWRL) 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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World Wireless Communications (World Wireless Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
5670 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Penthouse, Greenwood Village, CO, USA, 80111
World Wireless Communications Inc is a telecom service provider in the United States. The firm is engaged as a developer of wired and wireless telemetry and remote control systems.
Executives
Marty Steinberg 10 percent owner 1111 BRICKELL AVENUE SUITE 2500, MIAMI FL 33131

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