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Karnov Group AB (FRA:3UA) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.07% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Karnov Group AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Karnov Group AB's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €1,036.1 Mil. Karnov Group AB's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was €21.4 Mil. Karnov Group AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 2.07%.

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

FRA:3UA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.82   Med: 1.63   Max: 2.78
Current: 1.97

During the past 9 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Karnov Group AB was 2.78%. The lowest was 0.82%. And the median was 1.63%.

FRA:3UA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
68.9% of 1106 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.765 vs FRA:3UA: 1.97

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) %. Karnov Group AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 16.66%. 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.


Karnov Group AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Karnov Group AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Karnov Group AB Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 2.17 1.59 0.96 2.26 1.13

Karnov Group AB Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 2.04 1.80 1.43 1.13 2.07

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

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Karnov Group 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.


Karnov Group AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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Karnov Group 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.

Karnov Group ABs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=11.18/968.56124
=1.15 %

Karnov Group AB's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €21.4 Mil.



Karnov Group AB  (FRA:3UA) 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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Karnov Group AB Business Description

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Warfvinges vag 39, Stockholm, SWE, 112 51
Karnov Group AB is a provider of mission-critical information in the areas of legal, tax and auditing, environment, and health and safety. Karnov's products include subscription-based online solutions for law firms, tax and accounting firms, corporates, and the public sector including, courts, universities, public authorities, and municipalities. Karnov also publishes and sells offline books and journals and hosts legal training courses. Its brands are Karnov, Norstedts Juridik, Notisum, Legal Cross Border, Forlaget Andersen, LEXNordics and DIBkunnskap. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Denmark and also has a presence in Sweden, Norway, France, Spain, and Portugal.

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