What is Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was $3,849 Mil.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2018 was $-180 Mil. Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was -4.68%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
CBI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 6.54 * 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) %. Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 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.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV'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.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Construction Industry
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV 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.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NVs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-180 Mil.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV (NYSE:CBI) 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.
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Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV (Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV) Business Description
Founded in 1889, Chicago Bridge & Iron provides a wide range of services, including conceptual design, technology, engineering, procurement, fabrication, modularization, construction, commissioning, maintenance, program management, and environmental services, to customers in the global energy infrastructure market. It also provides diversified government services. It generated 2017 adjusted revenue and adjusted EBIT of $5.8 billion and a loss of $180 million, respectively. CB&I employs 34,000 at active projects in more than 70 countries.
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