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AU (Anglogold Ashanti) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 12.87% (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Anglogold Ashanti Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Anglogold Ashanti's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $14,233 Mil. Anglogold Ashanti's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $1,626 Mil. Anglogold Ashanti's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 12.87%.

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

AU' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.38   Med: 5.75   Max: 13.28
Current: 6.86

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Anglogold Ashanti was 13.28%. The lowest was 0.38%. And the median was 5.75%.

AU's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
88.14% of 2639 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -11.14 vs AU: 6.86

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) %. Anglogold Ashanti's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 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.


Anglogold Ashanti Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Anglogold Ashanti Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Anglogold Ashanti Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.57 10.82 6.53 2.29 12.87

Anglogold Ashanti Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 0.48 2.29 4.36 8.73 12.87

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

For the Gold subindustry, Anglogold Ashanti'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.


Anglogold Ashanti's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

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


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Anglogold Ashanti 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.

Anglogold Ashantis Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1833/14233.40316
=12.88 %

Anglogold Ashanti's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,626 Mil.



Anglogold Ashanti  (NYSE:AU) 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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Anglogold Ashanti Business Description

Address
6363 S Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 1000, Greenwood Village, Denver, CO, USA, 80111
Anglogold Ashanti PLC is one of the gold miners. The company also produces silver and sulphuric acid as by-products. Its operating divisions are Africa, Australia, and the Americas. The firm generates a majority of its revenue from the Africa region which includes its operations of the Kibali, Iduapriem, Obuasi, Siguiri, and Geita mines.