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Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 15.65% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Mercedes-Benz Group AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Mercedes-Benz Group AG's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Mercedes-Benz Group AG's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $22,497 Mil. Mercedes-Benz Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 15.65%.

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

DDAIY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.5   Med: 10.27   Max: 17.75
Current: 14.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Mercedes-Benz Group AG was 17.75%. The lowest was 1.50%. And the median was 10.27%.

DDAIY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
82.01% of 1306 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 5.72 vs DDAIY: 14.49

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) %. Mercedes-Benz Group AG's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 31.87%. 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.


Mercedes-Benz Group AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mercedes-Benz Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Mercedes-Benz Group AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Mercedes-Benz Group AG Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.07 4.53 11.81 16.34 15.65

Mercedes-Benz Group AG Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 16.34 16.23 15.67 16.26 15.65

Competitive Comparison of Mercedes-Benz Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Mercedes-Benz Group AG'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.


Mercedes-Benz Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Mercedes-Benz Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mercedes-Benz Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Mercedes-Benz Group AG 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.

Mercedes-Benz Group AGs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=22655.398/0
= %

Mercedes-Benz Group AG'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 $22,497 Mil.



Mercedes-Benz Group AG  (OTCPK:DDAIY) 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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Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG) Business Description

Address
Mercedesstrasse 120, Stuttgart, BW, DEU, 70372
Based in Stuttgart, Germany, Mercedes-Benz Group makes premium and luxury passenger vehicles and commercial vans. Brands include Mercedes-Benz, AMG, and Maybach. Mercedes-Benz Mobility provides the company's dealers and its customers with vehicle financing as well as mobility services in ride hailing, car sharing, and charging. Mercedes owns 9.74% of Aston Martin and 9.55% of Beijing Automotive Group. Through Tenaciou3 Prospect Investment, Li Shufu, chair of Chinese automaker Geely, owns 9.69% of Mercedes-Benz. Other major shareholders include Beijing Automotive Group at 9.98% and Kuwait Investment Authority at 4.9% (6.8% before the sale of a 1.9% stake in March 2023).

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