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China Tower (HKSE:00788) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.03% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Tower Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

China Tower's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$243,501 Mil. China Tower's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$0 Mil. China Tower's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.03%.

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

During the past 9 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of China Tower was 2.73%. The lowest was 1.37%. And the median was 2.13%.

HKSE:00788's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.46
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. China Tower'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.


China Tower Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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China Tower Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

China Tower Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 2.98 4.44 6.12 7.04 7.03

China Tower Quarterly Data
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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 7.04 - - 7.03 -

Competitive Comparison of China Tower's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, China Tower'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.


China Tower's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, China Tower's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



China Tower 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=17127.484/243500.586
=7.03 %

China Tower'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 HK$0 Mil.



China Tower  (HKSE:00788) 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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China Tower (HKSE:00788) Business Description

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Address
Yard No. 9, Dongran North Street, China Tower Industrial Park, Haidian District, Room 101, LG1 to 3rd Floor, Building 14, North District, Beijing, CHN
China Tower Corp Ltd is a telecommunications tower infrastructure service provider. The business of the company includes tower business; DAS business; Smart Tower business and Energy business. It generates maximum revenue from the tower business. The Tower business includes macro cell and small cell business. Its DAS business provides a DAS system to the Three TSPs for connecting their telecommunication equipment, helping them receive and send indoor mobile telecommunication network signals to enable mobile telecommunication network signals covering buildings, large venues and tunnels.
Executives
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Gic Private Limited 2102 Investment manager

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