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Agria (GRO) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 8.74% (As of Jun. 2016)


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What is Agria Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Agria's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was $288.2 Mil. Agria's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 was $25.2 Mil. Agria's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was 8.74%.

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

GRO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 4.99
* 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) %. Agria's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 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.


Agria Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Agria Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Agria Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.64 -60.24 14.14 11.99 8.74

Agria Semi-Annual Data
Dec05 Jun06 Dec06 Jun07 Dec07 Jun08 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16
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 14.14 - 11.99 - 8.74

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

For the Farm Products subindustry, Agria'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.


Agria's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Agria's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Agria 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.

Agrias Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=25.178/288.159471
=8.74 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Agria  (NYSE:GRO) 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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Agria (GRO) Business Description

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Agria Corp was incorporated as a Cayman Islands company in May 2007. The Company is an international agricultural company with operations in New Zealand, Australia, South America and China through its subsidiaries and consolidated structured entities. It has three principal business segments: Seed and Grain - This business segment is engaged in research and development, production, and sale of seed products including forage, turf, maize, corn, cereal and vegetable seeds. Its business also includes multiplication of seed for international customers and trading of seed and grain products globally. Crop Protection, Nutrients and Merchandise - This business segment operates an extensive chain of retail stores that supply farm input materials including chemicals, fertilizers, pollination products, frost protection products, fencing, animal health and nutrition products, grains and seeds, clothing, leisure goods, and gardening equipment. It offers plant nutrition options, supported by industry- knowledge of the specific products and application protocols. Rural Services - This business segment offers services critical to the agricultural economy, including: Livestock - Livestock agents for sheep, beef, dairy, deer farmers, meat processors and livestock exporters. It is engaged in trading livestock through auctions, private on-farm sales, and online or direct sales to meat processors; Wool - Sales agents for sheep farmers, through auctions, forward contracts and private sales; and providing a comprehensive range of services to grower clients and wool processors including on-farm assistance, in-store wool handling and export processing; Irrigation and Pumping - Design, construction, installation and servicing of irrigation and pumping systems; Real Estate - Real estate brokerage focused on farm sales with additional transactions in lifestyle and residential properties; and Insurance - Insurance brokerage providing insurance products. The Company operates predominantly in New Zealand, Australia, South America and China. The Australian and South American business units facilitate the export sales and services of New Zealand operations in addition to their own seed trading operations. Inter-segment pricing is determined on an arm's length basis.

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