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Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings (HKSE:01413) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$278.7 Mil. Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$15.7 Mil. Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.00%.

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

HKSE:01413' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.16   Med: 12.2   Max: 43.5
Current: 8.68

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings was 43.50%. The lowest was 0.16%. And the median was 12.20%.

HKSE:01413's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
60.59% of 1700 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.635 vs HKSE:01413: 8.68

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) %. Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.


Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 14.62 11.25 0.26

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 11.25 - 0.26 -

Competitive Comparison of Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings'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.


Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings 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.

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0.514/200.765
=0.26 %

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.



Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings  (HKSE:01413) 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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Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings (HKSE:01413) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
6 Sha Tsui Road, Unit 2909-2910, 29th Floor, The Octagon, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG
Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Ltd is a foundation works contractor in Hong Kong. The foundation work of the company is mainly comprised of excavation and lateral support works and other associated works including pile cap construction, underground drainage work, and site formation works. The group's operations are located in Hong Kong.
Executives
Kwong Luen Prosperity Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Kwan Chui Ling 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Yip Kwong Cheung 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Ma Wenkui
Lin Tongbing
Yang Zhenwei

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