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China Life Insurance Co (China Life Insurance Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Life Insurance Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

China Life Insurance Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. China Life Insurance Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. China Life Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of China Life Insurance Co was 8.91%. The lowest was 1.78%. And the median was 5.63%.

LFCHY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 5.58
* 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) %. China Life Insurance Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


China Life Insurance Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Life Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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China Life Insurance Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

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Competitive Comparison of China Life Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, China Life Insurance Co'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.


China Life Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, China Life Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Life Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



China Life Insurance Co 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.

China Life Insurance Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0/0
= %

China Life Insurance Co'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 $0 Mil.



China Life Insurance Co  (OTCPK:LFCHY) 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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China Life Insurance Co (China Life Insurance Co) Business Description

Address
No. 16, Financial Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, CHN, 100033
With headquarters in Beijing and commanding about 20% market share, China Life Insurance is the largest life insurance company in China. The firm offers group and individual life insurance through exclusive agents, bancassurance, and other marketing platforms. While the bulk of profits stem from life insurance policies, additional operations include short-term policies such as accident and health insurance. The company is undergoing a business transformation toward the sale of long-term protection products and away from short-term and single-premium products.

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