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Murata Manufacturing Co (Murata Manufacturing Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.17% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Murata Manufacturing Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $37,098 Mil. Murata Manufacturing Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,891 Mil. Murata Manufacturing Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.17%.

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

MRAAY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.64   Med: 6.66   Max: 13.91
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Murata Manufacturing Co was 13.91%. The lowest was 1.64%. And the median was 6.66%.

MRAAY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
63.77% of 2473 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.29 vs MRAAY: 6.00

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) %. Murata Manufacturing Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.60%. 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.


Murata Manufacturing Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Murata Manufacturing Co'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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Murata Manufacturing Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.94 7.59 5.88 9.08 6.68

Murata Manufacturing Co 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) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.10 6.68 5.92 5.70 5.17

Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Murata Manufacturing 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.


Murata Manufacturing Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Murata Manufacturing Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Murata Manufacturing 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.

Murata Manufacturing Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2358.371/35777.141478
=6.59 %

Murata Manufacturing 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 $1,891 Mil.



Murata Manufacturing Co  (OTCPK:MRAAY) 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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Murata Manufacturing Co (Murata Manufacturing Co) Business Description

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No. 10 No. 1 Yubinbango, Nagaokakyo, 1-chome, Kyoto Higashikotari, Nagaokakyo, JPN, 617-8555
Murata Manufacturing produces passive components for electronic devices. Passive components are necessary for all electronic circuits, used to enable wireless communication, store electricity and handle electric flow, remove electromagnetic noise from circuits, and so on. Thus, passive components are imperative for electronic circuits. For instance, one high-end smartphone contains more than 1,000 passive components. Murata Manufacturing is the global top passive components supplier with 40% market share on MLCC and SAW filters.

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