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Shaw Communications (Shaw Communications) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.23% (As of Nov. 2022)


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What is Shaw Communications Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Shaw Communications's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2022 was $17,775 Mil. Shaw Communications's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2022 was $964 Mil. Shaw Communications's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2022 was 5.23%.

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

SJR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.04   Med: 6.33   Max: 9.74
Current: 4.84

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Shaw Communications was 9.74%. The lowest was 2.04%. And the median was 6.33%.

SJR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.51 vs SJR: 4.84

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) %. Shaw Communications's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2022 was 13.21%. 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.


Shaw Communications Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Shaw Communications Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Shaw Communications Annual Data
Trend Aug13 Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.39 6.59 6.36 5.39 5.77

Shaw Communications Quarterly Data
Feb18 May18 Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22
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 5.56 5.31 5.52 5.77 5.23

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

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Shaw Communications'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.


Shaw Communications's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Shaw Communications's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Shaw Communications 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.

Shaw Communicationss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=995.587/17036.92108
=5.84 %

Shaw Communications's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $964 Mil.



Shaw Communications  (NYSE:SJR) 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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Shaw Communications (Shaw Communications) Business Description

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Address
630 - 3rd Avenue S.W., Suite 900, Finance Department, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 4L4
Shaw Communications is a Canadian cable company that is one of the biggest providers of internet, television, and landline telephone services in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and northern Ontario. In fiscal 2021, more than 75% of Shaw's total revenue resulted from this wireline business. Shaw now also offers wireless service over most of Canada's population footprint after acquiring Wind Mobile in 2016. As a smaller carrier, Shaw has favored bidding status in spectrum auctions, giving it a further boost in enhancing its wireless network. At the 2019 auction, Shaw added significant amounts of 600 MHz spectrum to the 700 MHz spectrum it is currently deploying.

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