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African Discovery Group (African Discovery Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.27% (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is African Discovery Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

African Discovery Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $2.82 Mil. African Discovery Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2023 was $0.13 Mil. African Discovery Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 2.27%.

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

AFDG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.72   Med: 20.12   Max: 34.4
Current: 24.39

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of African Discovery Group was 34.40%. The lowest was 2.72%. And the median was 20.12%.

AFDG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
90.28% of 535 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 6.58 vs AFDG: 24.39

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) %. African Discovery Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 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.


African Discovery Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for African Discovery Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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African Discovery Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

African Discovery Group Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Feb12 Feb13 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.54 13.70 16.67 - 23.15

African Discovery Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Feb12 Aug12 Feb13 Aug13 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug22 Aug23
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 - 21.32 23.15 0.30 2.27

Competitive Comparison of African Discovery Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Conglomerates subindustry, African Discovery Group'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.


African Discovery Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where African Discovery Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



African Discovery Group 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.

African Discovery Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2017 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0.626/2.7065
=23.13 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



African Discovery Group  (OTCPK:AFDG) 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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African Discovery Group (African Discovery Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
445 Park Avenue, Ninth Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10022
African Discovery Group Inc primary business from which it currently generates revenue includes power, agriculture/sustainability, media, strategic minerals, and finance sectors on the African continent.

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