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Scania AB (Scania AB) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.96% (As of Dec. 2015)


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What is Scania AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Scania AB's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $28,881 Mil. Scania AB's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was $1,144 Mil. Scania AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was 3.96%.

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

SVKBF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 6.95
* 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) %. Scania AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was -8.69%. 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.


Scania AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scania AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Scania AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Scania AB Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.03 5.05 7.44 4.52 3.96

Scania AB Quarterly Data
Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
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 4.52 4.31 4.28 4.24 3.96

Competitive Comparison of Scania AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Trucking subindustry, Scania AB'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.


Scania AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Scania AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Scania AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Scania AB 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.

Scania ABs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1133.179/28881.412
=3.92 %

Scania AB's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,144 Mil.



Scania AB  (OTCPK:SVKBF) 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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Scania AB (Scania AB) Business Description

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Scania AB was founded in 1891. The Company is engaged in manufacturing & marketing heavy trucks, buses & engines for automotive & marine industries. It also offers spare parts, maintenance & driver training, short-term truck rentals and fleet management services & financing. The company's operations are divided into two different operating segments, the Vehicles and Services operating segment encompasses the following products: trucks, buses and engines, including the services associated with these products and the Financial Services operating segment provides financial solutions to Scania customers, such as loan financing, lease contracts and insurance solutions. The sales of the Company's products occur in all five geographic areas. Financial Services is found mainly in the European markets and to a lesser extent in the others. The Company's research and development work occurs in Sweden. Manufacturing of trucks, buses and industrial and marine engines occurs in Sweden, Argentina, Brazil, France, the Netherlands, Poland and Russia.

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