Cobalt Blue Holdings (ASX:COB) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %: 0.00% (As of Dec. 2025)

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What is Cobalt Blue Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Cobalt Blue Holdings ASX:COB +1.49% Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 0.00% as of Dec. 2025. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review. Among 2,672 Metals & Mining companies, Cobalt Blue Holdings ranks worse than 80.13% on this metric.

Cobalt Blue Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was A$41.99 Mil. Cobalt Blue Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was A$-8.24 Mil. Cobalt Blue Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was 0.00%.

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

ASX:COB' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -24.39   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -24.39

ASX:COB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
80.13% of 2672 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -6.305 vs ASX:COB: -24.39

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) %. Cobalt Blue Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five 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.


Cobalt Blue Holdings  (ASX:COB) 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.


Cobalt Blue Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms


Cobalt Blue Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Cobalt Blue Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Cobalt Blue Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24 Jun25
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -4.13 -2.71 -6.42 -129.87 -25.06

Cobalt Blue Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
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 0.00 -129.87 0.00 -25.06 0.00

Cobalt Blue Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Competitor Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Cobalt Blue Holdings'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.


Cobalt Blue Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % vs Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Cobalt Blue Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cobalt Blue Holdings 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.

Cobalt Blue Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2025 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-6.056/24.176628
=-25.05 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.


What does a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of 0.00% mean?
Cobalt Blue Holdings (ASX:COB) has a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of 0.00% as of Dec. 2025. Joel Greenblatt's earnings yield equals the ratio of earnings before interest and taxes to enterprise value. View historical data on Cobalt Blue Holdings and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Cobalt Blue Holdings ranks #2141 out of 2672 companies in the Metals & Mining industry, placing it in the top 80.1%.
Is Cobalt Blue Holdings' Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % too high?
Cobalt Blue Holdings' current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 0.00%. Based on the distribution chart, Cobalt Blue Holdings ranks #2141 out of 2672 companies in the Metals & Mining industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers.
How does Cobalt Blue Holdings' Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % compare to competitors?
According to the Metals & Mining industry distribution chart, Cobalt Blue Holdings ranks #2141 out of 2672 companies for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %. This places Cobalt Blue Holdings in the lower half of its industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for a Metals & Mining company?
A good Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % depends on the Metals & Mining industry context. However, Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % mean?
A high Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Joel Greenblatt's earnings yield equals the ratio of earnings before interest and taxes to enterprise value. View historical data on Cobalt Blue Holdings and its competitors. Cobalt Blue Holdings's current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 0.00%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Cobalt Blue Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Cobalt Blue Holdings (ASX:COB) has a current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of 0.00%. The current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 0.00%. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % calculated?
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Cobalt Blue Holdings (ASX:COB), the current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 0.00% as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Cobalt Blue Holdings Business Description

Other Exchanges CBBHF:USACOH:Germany
Address 213 Miller Street North, Suite 12.01, Level 12, North Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2060
Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd is a minerals processing and mining company focused on cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, silver, and sulphur. The company is organized into three segments: the Broken Hill Cobalt Project, a proposed cobalt mining project; the Kwinana Cobalt Refinery Project in Western Australia, aimed at producing battery-ready cobalt and nickel sulphates; and the Halls Creek Project, a proposed copper and zinc mining project in Western Australia. The company's focus is on midstream processing capabilities in Australia and diversifying supply chains among like-minded countries.