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Weichai Power Co (FRA:WI4) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 17.15% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Weichai Power Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Weichai Power Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €10,263 Mil. Weichai Power Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €2,143 Mil. Weichai Power Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 17.15%.

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

FRA:WI4' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.33   Med: 11.69   Max: 18.44
Current: 17.57

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Weichai Power Co was 18.44%. The lowest was 4.33%. And the median was 11.69%.

FRA:WI4's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
91.8% of 3036 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.29 vs FRA:WI4: 17.57

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) %. Weichai Power Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.91%. 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.


Weichai Power Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Weichai Power Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Weichai Power Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Weichai Power Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.91 10.56 11.05 8.69 17.15

Weichai Power Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 8.69 7.84 10.55 15.06 17.15

Competitive Comparison of Weichai Power Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Weichai Power Co'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.


Weichai Power Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Weichai Power Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Weichai Power Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Weichai Power Co 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.

Weichai Power Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2119.917/10262.55828
=20.66 %

Weichai Power Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €2,143 Mil.



Weichai Power Co  (FRA:WI4) 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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Weichai Power Co (FRA:WI4) Business Description

Address
197, Section A, Fu Shou East Street, High Technology Industrial Development Zone, Shandong Province, Weifang, CHN, 261061
Weichai Power Co Ltd is an industrial technology company that offers vehicles, equipment, and logistics and supply chain services in China. The operating segments of the company are 1) Engines segment includes the manufacturing and sale of engines and related parts; 2) Automobiles and automobile components include the manufacturing and sale of automobiles and automobile components other than Engines; 3) Agricultural equipment includes the manufacturing and sale of agricultural equipment (complete machineries), agricultural machineries, agricultural vehicles and related parts; 4) Intelligent logistics includes forklift trucks production, warehousing technology and supply chain solution services.

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