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China Housing & Land Development (China Housing & Land Development) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.01% (As of Sep. 2015)


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What is China Housing & Land Development Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

China Housing & Land Development's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was $287.1 Mil. China Housing & Land Development's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 was $-34.9 Mil. China Housing & Land Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was -0.01%.

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

CHLN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Real Estate industry.
Industry Median: 4.21
* 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) %. China Housing & Land Development's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 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.


China Housing & Land Development Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Housing & Land Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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China Housing & Land Development Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

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Competitive Comparison of China Housing & Land Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, China Housing & Land Development'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.


China Housing & Land Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, China Housing & Land Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Housing & Land Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



China Housing & Land Development 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.

China Housing & Land Developments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-14.798/308.107
=-4.80 %

China Housing & Land Development's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-34.9 Mil.



China Housing & Land Development  (NAS:CHLN) 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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China Housing & Land Development (China Housing & Land Development) Business Description

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China Housing & Land Development Inc was incorporated in the state of Nevada on July 6, 2004, as Pacific Northwest Productions Inc. On May 4, 2006, the Company changed its name to China Housing & Land Development, Inc. The Company is a real estate development company engaged in the development, construction, sale and management of residential and commercial real estate units, as well as land development. The Company has two reportable segments: Real Estate Development and Sales segment and Real Estate Construction segment. The Real Estate Development and Sales segment includes operating subsidiaries, Tsining, Puhua, NewLand, Suodi, FangZhou and JiYuan, while the Real Estate Construction segment represents Xinxing Construction. These two segments offer different products and services. The two segments are managed separately because it produces distinct products and provides different services. The Company and its other subsidiaries, Manstate, Success Hill, Way fast, Clever Advance, Grace mind, Treasure Asia and Property Management are aggregated as All Other segment. The Company faces intense competition from other real estate developers. The Company is subject to statutes and rules regulating, among other things, certain developmental matters, building and site design, and matters concerning the protection of health and the environment.
Executives
Heung Sang Fong director 12897 REGAN LANE, SARATOGA CA 95070
Albert Mclelland director 9114 LA STRADA CT., DALLAS TX 75220

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