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Smurfit WestRock (FRA:N4U) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.58% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Smurfit WestRock Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Smurfit WestRock's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €33,683 Mil. Smurfit WestRock's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was €1,236 Mil. Smurfit WestRock's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 3.58%.

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

FRA:N4U' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.82   Med: 6.6   Max: 11.12
Current: 3.65

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Smurfit WestRock was 11.12%. The lowest was 1.82%. And the median was 6.60%.

FRA:N4U's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
61.2% of 415 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 5.84 vs FRA:N4U: 3.65

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) %. Smurfit WestRock's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


Smurfit WestRock Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Smurfit WestRock Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Smurfit WestRock 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 7.24 6.85 12.20 9.77 2.66

Smurfit WestRock Quarterly Data
Sep17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 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 6.80 6.70 1.97 2.66 3.58

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

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Smurfit WestRock'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.


Smurfit WestRock's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Smurfit WestRock's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Smurfit WestRock 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1036.175/39099.4398
=2.65 %

Smurfit WestRock'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 €1,236 Mil.



Smurfit WestRock  (FRA:N4U) 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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Smurfit WestRock Business Description

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Address
Beech Hill, Clonskeagh, Dublin 4, Dublin, IRL, D04 N2R2
Smurfit WestRock manufactures corrugated packaging and consumer packaging, such as folding cartons and paperboard. After the merger of Smurfit Kappa and WestRock in summer 2024, Smurfit WestRock became the largest producer of containerboard in the world, with substantial operations in North America, South America, and Europe.

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