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Hills (ASX:HIL) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Dec. 2022)


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What is Hills Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Hills's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was A$22.15 Mil. Hills's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 was A$-2.66 Mil. Hills's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 0.00%.

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

ASX:HIL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.69
* 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) %. Hills's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 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.


Hills Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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* 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.

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Hills Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Hills Annual Data
Trend Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.73 -15.97 -5.29 -9.93 -27.17

Hills Semi-Annual Data
Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22
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 - -9.93 - -27.17 -

Competitive Comparison of Hills's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Hills'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.


Hills's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Hills's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hills 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.

Hillss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-5.17/19.000746755
=-27.21 %

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.



Hills  (ASX:HIL) 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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Hills (ASX:HIL) Business Description

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Address
3-29 Birnie Avenue, Unit 1, Building F, Lidcombe, NSW, AUS, 2141
Hills Ltd provides technology products and service solutions. Its segments include Hills Health Solutions and Hills Distribution. Hills Health Solutions is engaged in the design, supply, and installation of health technology solutions, nurse call and patient engagement, and other related solutions including security, Wi-Fi, and telephony into the health and aged care sectors. Hills Distribution is engaged in providing a diverse range of products and solutions to assist customers, support end-users within the Satellite, Security, Surveillance, and IT markets. The company earns the majority of its revenue from the Hills Distribution segment. Geographically, the company operates in Australia and New Zealand.

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