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Cathay Media And Education Group (HKSE:01981) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -75.76% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cathay Media And Education Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Cathay Media And Education Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$259.7 Mil. Cathay Media And Education Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-196.8 Mil. Cathay Media And Education Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -75.76%.

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

HKSE:01981' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -404.03   Med: 8.98   Max: 82.65
Current: -42.19

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Cathay Media And Education Group was 82.65%. The lowest was -404.03%. And the median was 8.98%.

HKSE:01981's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
96.62% of 266 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 5.665 vs HKSE:01981: -42.19

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) %. Cathay Media And Education Group'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.


Cathay Media And Education Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cathay Media And Education Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Cathay Media And Education Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Cathay Media And Education Group Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 2.68 6.84 9.10 -75.76

Cathay Media And Education Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Dec18 Jun19 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.84 - 9.10 - -75.76

Competitive Comparison of Cathay Media And Education Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Cathay Media And Education Group'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.


Cathay Media And Education Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Cathay Media And Education Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cathay Media And Education Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Cathay Media And Education Group 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.

Cathay Media And Education Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-196.773/259.6872
=-75.77 %

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.



Cathay Media And Education Group  (HKSE:01981) 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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Cathay Media And Education Group (HKSE:01981) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 93 Jianguo Road, 22nd Floor, Block 12, Wanda Plaza, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN
Cathay Media And Education Group Inc is a media group, engaged in TV/film production business and higher education business focused on media and arts. The company produces films, TV shows, Web films, and TV series. Its segments include TV/Film production and investment, and Education and training. The majority of the revenue is derived from the higher education segment.
Executives
Pu Shulin 2307 Founder of a discretionary trust who can infl
Luo Jacqueline 2202 Interest of your spouse
Cathay Media Holding Inc. 2101 Beneficial owner
Media One International (ptc) Limited 2301 Trustee
Winning Global Ventures Limited 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Areo Holdings Limited 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Highland Pines Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Lam Lai Ming 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Li Gabriel 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you

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