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Manila Water Co (Manila Water Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 8.80% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Manila Water Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Manila Water Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2,627.4 Mil. Manila Water Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $238.9 Mil. Manila Water Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 8.80%.

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

MWTCY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.38   Med: 10.08   Max: 16.73
Current: 8.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Manila Water Co was 16.73%. The lowest was 5.38%. And the median was 10.08%.

MWTCY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
58.51% of 523 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 6.56 vs MWTCY: 8.14

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) %. Manila Water Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -3.88%. 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.


Manila Water Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Manila Water Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Manila Water Co 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 14.16 9.21 5.24 7.46 8.54

Manila Water Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 8.84 10.04 10.81 8.54 8.80

Competitive Comparison of Manila Water Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Manila Water Co'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.


Manila Water Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Manila Water Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Manila Water Co 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.

Manila Water Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=213.436/2513.923674
=8.49 %

Manila Water Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $238.9 Mil.



Manila Water Co  (OTCPK:MWTCY) 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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Manila Water Co (Manila Water Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
489 Katipunan Road, 2nd Floor, MWSS Administration Building, Balara, Quezon, PHL, 1105
Manila Water Co Inc is a water and wastewater management company. Its operations can be divided among Metro Manila East Zone and Manila Water Philippine Ventures, which operate across municipalities in the Philippines, and Manila Water Asia Pacific, which operates in Vietnam, Myanmar, and Indonesia. The segments of the company consist of Manila Concession and Head Office, Domestic Subsidiaries, and Foreign Subsidiaries. The Manila Concession and Head Office generate maximum revenue for the company.

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