Kingfisher's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $7,932 Mil.
Kingfisher's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $779 Mil. Kingfisher's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 9.70%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Kingfisher's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
KGFHY'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.24 Med: 8.54 Max: 19.51
Current: 9.23
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Kingfisher was 19.51%. The lowest was 3.24%. And the median was 8.54%.
KGFHY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 73.19% of 1119
companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 4.84
vs KGFHY: 9.23
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) %. Kingfisher's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 26.96%. 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.
Kingfisher Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Kingfisher's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Kingfisher Annual Data
Trend
Jan15
Jan16
Jan17
Jan18
Jan19
Jan20
Jan21
Jan22
Jan23
Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
4.41
12.84
13.68
9.56
9.70
Kingfisher Semi-Annual Data
Jul14
Jan15
Jul15
Jan16
Jul16
Jan17
Jul17
Jan18
Jul18
Jan19
Jul19
Jan20
Jul20
Jan21
Jul21
Jan22
Jul22
Jan23
Jul23
Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
13.68
-
9.56
-
9.70
Competitive Comparison
For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Kingfisher'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.
Kingfisher Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Kingfisher's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Kingfisher's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Kingfishers Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as
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.
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.
Kingfisher Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
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Kingfisher is a home improvement company with over 1,570 stores in eight countries across Europe. The company operates several retail banners that are focused on trade customers and general do-it-yourself needs. Kingfisher's main retail brands include B&Q, Screwfix, and TradePoint in the United Kingdom and Castorama and Brico Depot in France. The U.K. and France are Kingfisher's largest markets, accounting for 81% of sales. The company is the second-largest DIY retailer in Europe, with a leading position in the U.K. and a number-two position in France.
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