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Forth PCL (BKK:FORTH-R) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.37% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Forth PCL Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Forth PCL's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿30,427 Mil. Forth PCL's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿1,166 Mil. Forth PCL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.37%.

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

BKK:FORTH-R' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.99   Med: 7.51   Max: 11.7
Current: 5.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Forth PCL was 11.70%. The lowest was 1.99%. And the median was 7.51%.

BKK:FORTH-R's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
65.55% of 2476 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.315 vs BKK:FORTH-R: 5.96

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) %. Forth PCL's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.30%. 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.


Forth PCL Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Forth PCL Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Forth PCL 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 9.35 9.23 4.99 3.87 4.37

Forth PCL 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 3.87 4.00 4.81 4.06 4.37

Competitive Comparison of Forth PCL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Forth PCL'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.


Forth PCL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Forth PCL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Forth PCL 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1165.825/30427.01305
=3.83 %

Forth PCL'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 ฿1,166 Mil.



Forth PCL  (BKK:FORTH-R) 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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Forth PCL (BKK:FORTH-R) Business Description

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Forth Corp PCL is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of electronic equipment and project work relating to design and install telecommunication equipment. The company is organized into business units based on its products and services and have three reportable segments as follows - Electronics Manufacturing Service segment designs manufactures of consigns and turnkey projects, and sales of semiconductor electronic parts. Enterprise solutions business segment that bids for project work, sources, subcontracts and install various systems for the government and private sectors. The Smart service business segment provides online financial transaction services and sells products and services through vending machines. The company and its subsidiaries are operated in Thailand only.

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