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Ratos AB (Ratos AB) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 12.77% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ratos AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Ratos AB's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2,083 Mil. Ratos AB's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $282 Mil. Ratos AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 12.77%.

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

RTOBF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.31   Med: 4.86   Max: 13.72
Current: 13.72

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Ratos AB was 13.72%. The lowest was -7.31%. And the median was 4.86%.

RTOBF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
77% of 1700 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.43 vs RTOBF: 13.72

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) %. Ratos AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 35.48%. 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.


Ratos AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Ratos AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Ratos AB 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 5.96 6.50 5.92 5.98 12.92

Ratos AB 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 5.69 8.65 8.79 12.92 12.77

Competitive Comparison of Ratos AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Ratos AB'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.


Ratos AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



Ratos AB 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=281.84/2011.740824
=14.01 %

Ratos AB'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 $282 Mil.



Ratos AB  (OTCPK:RTOBF) 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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Ratos AB (Ratos AB) Business Description

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Ratos AB is an investment company that owns and develops unlisted medium- and small-sized Nordic companies. Its portfolio has a concentration in construction, consumer goods/commerce and industrials. Traditionally, Ratos is the largest owner of its companies, and it seeks to influence the company's development. The company sets thresholds for minimum investment amounts and chooses not to invest in the early phases of a company's life cycle. Potential portfolio companies are traditionally headquartered in the Nordic region, but Ratos removes qualifications for portfolio company add-on acquisitions. Potential acquisitions are selected through either internal processes or with the help of investment banks and other advisors.

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