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Ray (TSE:4317) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 36.36% (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is Ray Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Ray's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 円3,823 Mil. Ray's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 was 円1,388 Mil. Ray's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 36.36%.

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

TSE:4317' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -13.77   Med: 11.01   Max: 39.01
Current: 34.48

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Ray was 39.01%. The lowest was -13.77%. And the median was 11.01%.

TSE:4317's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
93.45% of 1053 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.84 vs TSE:4317: 34.48

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) %. Ray's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 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.


Ray Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Ray Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Ray Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 19.08 20.79 -10.96 26.18 26.18

Ray Quarterly Data
Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23
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 26.67 26.18 25.97 21.83 36.36

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

For the Entertainment subindustry, Ray'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.


Ray's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Ray's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ray 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.

Rays Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1222.929/4673.3255
=26.17 %

Ray's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was 円1,388 Mil.



Ray  (TSE:4317) 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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Ray (TSE:4317) Business Description

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Address
6-15-21 Roppongi, Hakus Roppongi Building, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 106-0032
Ray Corp is engaged in communication design, events, creative design, and show and visual technical businesses in Japan. It is involved in the planning and production of various promotions, events, exhibitions, expositions, showrooms, printed materials, designs, premium products, and digital promotion of the Web. The company is also engaged in the rental and operation of large video equipment in the MICE and concerts.; live broadcasting, shooting, and network distribution activities; and video equipment sale and operational support to showrooms, hotel and conference facilities among other services.

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