Noble Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $3,103 Mil.
Noble Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 was $-1,574 Mil. Noble Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was -50.00%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Noble Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
NOBGY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 6.825 * 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) %. Noble Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 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.
Noble Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Noble Group'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.
For the Conglomerates subindustry, Noble Group'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.
Noble Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution
For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Noble Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Noble Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Noble Group 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.
Noble Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as
Noble Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1,574 Mil.
Noble Group (OTCPK:NOBGY) 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.
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Noble Group Ltd operates and manages supply chain focused on purchasing physical commodities and transforming these into customized products. The business consist of logistics and transportation, price risk management and hedging, commodity processing and blending, as well as structured and trade finance products. The company has two segments - namely, the Energy Segment, with combines the former Energy and Gas & Power segments and includes the Oil Liquids, Gas & Power and Energy Coal businesses; and the Metals, Minerals and Ores Segment, which combines the former Metals & Mining and Corporate segments and includes the Metals, Carbon Steel Materials and Logistics businesses.
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