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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co (Shin-Etsu Chemical Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.87% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $73,063 Mil. Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,488 Mil. Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.87%.

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

SHECY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.49   Med: 9.11   Max: 20.87
Current: 7.92

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co was 20.87%. The lowest was 5.49%. And the median was 9.11%.

SHECY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
69.25% of 1574 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 4.295 vs SHECY: 7.92

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) %. Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.32 5.87 10.73 14.18 -

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 14.18 11.92 12.11 7.87 -

Competitive Comparison of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Chemicals subindustry, Shin-Etsu Chemical 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.


Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shin-Etsu Chemical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Shin-Etsu Chemical 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.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=5320.928/0
= %

Shin-Etsu Chemical 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 $5,488 Mil.



Shin-Etsu Chemical Co  (OTCPK:SHECY) 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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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co (Shin-Etsu Chemical Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6-1, Ohtemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-0004
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd is a Japan-based company primarily engaged in chemical business. The company operates in six business segments namely Poly Vinyl Chloride, Specialty Chemicals, Silicon, Semiconductor Silicon, Electronic and Functional Materials and Diversified business. It derives majority of revenue through Poly Vinyl Chloride segment which manufactures and sells vinyl chloride, caustic soda products, chloromethane and methanol. The group is also involved in manufacturing and selling of various other chemical products such as Polyvinyl alcohol, Synthetic pheromones, Rare-earth magnets for electronics industry and general applications, Photoresists, Photomask blanks and others. Geographically, it operates from the market of Japan and its business is amplifying across the globe.

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