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Gulf Insurance Group KSC (KUW:GINS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 10.30% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Gulf Insurance Group KSC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Gulf Insurance Group KSC's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was KWD535.2 Mil. Gulf Insurance Group KSC's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was KWD55.1 Mil. Gulf Insurance Group KSC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.30%.

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

KUW:GINS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.74   Med: 12.88   Max: 53.91
Current: 11.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Gulf Insurance Group KSC was 53.91%. The lowest was 2.74%. And the median was 12.88%.

KUW:GINS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
66.33% of 493 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.8 vs KUW:GINS: 11.70

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) %. Gulf Insurance Group KSC's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 25.53%. 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.


Gulf Insurance Group KSC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Gulf Insurance Group KSC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Gulf Insurance Group KSC Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 22.57 24.63 38.31 23.70 10.30

Gulf Insurance Group KSC Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 23.70 18.83 16.18 11.67 10.30

Competitive Comparison of Gulf Insurance Group KSC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Gulf Insurance Group KSC'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.


Gulf Insurance Group KSC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Gulf Insurance Group KSC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gulf Insurance Group KSC 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.

Gulf Insurance Group KSCs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=55.14/535.19688
=10.30 %

Gulf Insurance Group KSC's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was KWD55.1 Mil.



Gulf Insurance Group KSC  (KUW:GINS) 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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Gulf Insurance Group KSC (KUW:GINS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Khaled Ibn Al Waleed Street, Sharq, P.O.Box 1040, Safat, KIPCO Tower, 40th Floor, Office Number 1 and 2, Kuwait City, KWT, 13011
Gulf Insurance Group KSC is an insurance company offering solutions and covering a range of risks related to Motor, Marine & Aviation, Property & Casualty, and Life & Health Insurance both in conventional and Takaful (Islamic insurance based on Shariah principles) basis. Gulf Insurance operates its business in two segments namely General risk insurance and Life and medical insurance offering general insurance including marine and aviation, motor vehicles, property, engineering and general accidents; and savings, protection products, and other long-term contracts respectively. The company generates revenues from the premium amount written.

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