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African Pioneer (FRA:9TI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -12.14% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is African Pioneer Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

African Pioneer's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €4.01 Mil. African Pioneer's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €-0.80 Mil. African Pioneer's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -12.14%.

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

FRA:9TI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -20.03   Med: 0   Max: 16.9
Current: -13.55

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of African Pioneer was 16.90%. The lowest was -20.03%. And the median was 0.00%.

FRA:9TI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
52.78% of 2681 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -12.22 vs FRA:9TI: -13.55

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) %. African Pioneer's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


African Pioneer Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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African Pioneer Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

African Pioneer Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 12.77 -14.49 -12.14

African Pioneer Semi-Annual Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.77 - -14.49 - -12.14

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

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, African Pioneer'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.


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

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

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



African Pioneer 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.

African Pioneers Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.8/4.013656
=-19.93 %

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.



African Pioneer  (FRA:9TI) 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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African Pioneer (FRA:9TI) Business Description

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19-21 Circular Road, Douglas, IMN, IM1 1AF
African Pioneer PLC is engaged in exploring opportunities within the natural resources sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on base and precious metals including but not limited to copper, nickel, and zinc. The company' tends to enhance the value of its mineral resource Projects located in Namibia, Zambia, and Botswana through exploration and technical studies conducted by the company or through a joint venture or other arrangements to establish the Projects.

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