The earnings yield is an indication of how much return shareholders' investment in the company earned over the past 12 months. The higher the earnings yield is, the better.
The earnings yield does not consider the growth of the business. A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Synutra International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was 11.78%. 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.
Synutra International Earnings Yield % Calculation
Earnings yield is the reciprocal of the P/E Ratio.
Synutra International's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.141 Mil.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
The earnings in the calculation is the Trailing Twelve Months earnings.
Synutra International (NAS:SYUT) Earnings Yield % Explanation
If the P/E ratio is an indication of how many years it takes for the company to earn back the stock price shareholders pay to buy the shares, the earnings yield is an indication of how much return shareholders' investment in the company earned over the past 12 months. The higher the earnings yield is, the better.
If a company loses money, the earnings yield is negative. This gives a more straightforward indication that the company is losing money. This is an advantage of using earnings yield instead of the P/E ratio in valuation. For valuation purposes, the P/B Ratio and the P/S Ratio should be used for companies that are losing money.
Like the P/E ratio, the earnings yield can be used to compare investments in different industries. It can even be used to compare the attractiveness of different asset classes such as bonds and cash. Of course, the earnings yield should not be the only factor in deciding which asset classes to invest.
Also similar to the P/E ratio, the earnings yield does not consider the growth of the business. A growing company with the same earnings yield should be more attractive than a company that has the same earnings yield but does not grow.
Just like the P/E Ratio, non-recurring items such as selling part of the business, selling a previous investment, etc., can affect earnings yield dramatically. The earning yield is also a poor indication for cyclical companies. When a cyclical stock has a high earnings yield it is usually at the peak of its cycle.
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Synutra International (Synutra International) Business Description
Synutra International Inc was formed on October 30, 1998. The Company is engaged in the production, distribution & sales of dairy based nutritional products under Shengyuan or Synutra line of brands in China. Its other nutritional product includes prepared foods, nutritional ingredients & supplements. It is focused on selling powdered formula products for infants and adults, and is also engaged in other nutritional product offerings, such as prepared foods and certain nutritional supplements. It sells the products through an extensive nationwide sales and distribution network covering all provinces and provincial-level municipalities in mainland China. It has three reportable segments; nutritional food, nutritional supplement and other business. The Nutritional Food segment includes the sale of powdered infant and adult formula products, with brands including Super, My Angel and Dutch Cow, as well as the sale of prepared foods under the Huiliduo brand; Nutritional Supplement: includes the production and sale of nutritional supplements such as chondroitin sulfate to third parties, and microencapsulated Docosahexanoic Acid ("DHA") and Arachidonic Acid ("ARA") to the nutritional food segment for use in powdered formula production; and Other Business includes non-core businesses such as ancillary sales of excess or unusable ingredients and materials to industrial customers, providing genetic diagnostic services for new born babies, and sales of cosmetics to pregnant women. Its business requires certain key raw materials, such as milk powder and whey powder. The Company competes with both multinational and domestic infant formula producers.
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