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Blue Whale Acquisition I (Blue Whale Acquisition I) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.56% (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is Blue Whale Acquisition I Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Blue Whale Acquisition I's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $254.82 Mil. Blue Whale Acquisition I's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 was $-1.42 Mil. Blue Whale Acquisition I's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was -0.56%.

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

BWC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: -1.66
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Blue Whale Acquisition I's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


Blue Whale Acquisition I Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blue Whale Acquisition I's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Blue Whale Acquisition I Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Blue Whale Acquisition I Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -0.67

Blue Whale Acquisition I Quarterly Data
Feb21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -0.62 -0.78 -0.79 -0.67 -0.56

Competitive Comparison of Blue Whale Acquisition I's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Blue Whale Acquisition I'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.


Blue Whale Acquisition I's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Blue Whale Acquisition I's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blue Whale Acquisition I's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Blue Whale Acquisition I 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.

Blue Whale Acquisition Is Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.67/250.789142
=-0.67 %

Blue Whale Acquisition I's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.42 Mil.



Blue Whale Acquisition I  (NAS:BWC) 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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Blue Whale Acquisition I (Blue Whale Acquisition I) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Boundary Hall, P.O. Box 1093, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, CYM, KY1-1102
Blue Whale Acquisition Corp I is a blank check company.
Executives
Third Point Llc 10 percent owner 55 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Daniel S Loeb 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses. THIRD POINT LLC, 390 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Mic Capital Partners (public) Parallel Cayman, Lp 10 percent owner WALKERS CORPORATE LIMITED, CAYMAN CORPORATE CENTRE, 27 HOSPITAL RD., GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-9008
David H Johnson director C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP, 75 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10019
Russell I Pillar officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CATALYTIC CAPITAL, 100 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 1100, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Jordan Zachary director PO BOX 1903, BOUNDARY HALL, CRICKET SQUARE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1102
Adib Mattar director PO BOX 1903, BOUNDARY HALL, CRICKET SQUARE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1102
Maxime Franzetti director, officer: Chief Executive Officer PO BOX 1903, BOUNDARY HALL, CRICKET SQUARE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1102
Gregg Walker director PO BOX 1903, BOUNDARY HALL, CRICKET SQUARE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1102
Zahavah Levine director PO BOX 1903, BOUNDARY HALL, CRICKET SQUARE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1102
Blue Whale Sponsor I Llc 10 percent owner PO BOX 1903, BOUNDARY HALL, CRICKET SQUARE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1102
Kevin Kokko 10 percent owner PO BOX 1903, BOUNDARY HALL, CRICKET SQUARE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1102

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