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Hongkong Chinese (FRA:HKC) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 19.01% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Hongkong Chinese Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Hongkong Chinese's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €104.45 Mil. Hongkong Chinese's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €21.83 Mil. Hongkong Chinese's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 19.01%.

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

FRA:HKC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.66   Med: 26.59   Max: 193.84
Current: 20.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Hongkong Chinese was 193.84%. The lowest was -7.66%. And the median was 26.59%.

FRA:HKC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
90.8% of 1858 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 4.235 vs FRA:HKC: 20.62

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) %. Hongkong Chinese's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


Hongkong Chinese Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Hongkong Chinese Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Hongkong Chinese Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -4.47 28.25 50.51 39.68 19.01

Hongkong Chinese Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 50.51 - 39.68 - 19.01

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

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Hongkong Chinese'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.


Hongkong Chinese's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Hongkong Chinese's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hongkong Chinese 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.

Hongkong Chineses Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=21.786/104.4451
=20.86 %

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.



Hongkong Chinese  (FRA:HKC) 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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Hongkong Chinese (FRA:HKC) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Lippo Centre, 89 Queensway, 40th Floor, Tower Two, Hong Kong, HKG
Hongkong Chinese Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's operating segments are Property Investment, which includes investments relating to the letting and resale of properties; the Property development segment is into the development and sale of properties; the Treasury investment segment includes investments in money markets; the Securities investment segment invests in securities that are held for trading and for long-term strategic purpose; and Others. Its geographical segments are Hong Kong, Mainland China, Singapore, Indonesia, and others.

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