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Watts International Maritime Co (HKSE:02258) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 74.07% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Watts International Maritime Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Watts International Maritime Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$109 Mil. Watts International Maritime Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$81 Mil. Watts International Maritime Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 74.07%.

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

HKSE:02258' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3332.42   Med: 39.48   Max: 1734.49
Current: 74.63

During the past 9 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Watts International Maritime Co was 1734.49%. The lowest was -3332.42%. And the median was 39.48%.

HKSE:02258's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
97.25% of 1706 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.515 vs HKSE:02258: 74.63

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) %. Watts International Maritime Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -12.03%. 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.


Watts International Maritime Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
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Watts International Maritime Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Watts International Maritime Co 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 27.70 166.67 -277.78 -78.13 74.07

Watts International Maritime Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Jun18 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -277.78 - -78.13 - 74.07

Competitive Comparison of Watts International Maritime Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Infrastructure Operations subindustry, Watts International Maritime 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.


Watts International Maritime Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Watts International Maritime Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Watts International Maritime 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=81.016/109.0086
=74.32 %

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.



Watts International Maritime Co  (HKSE:02258) 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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Watts International Maritime Co (HKSE:02258) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2816 Yixian Road, 5th Floor, Tower 17, Baoshan District, Shanghai, CHN
Watts International Maritime Co Ltd is an investment holding company. It is engaged in the port, waterway, and marine engineering work that includes the construction and installation of structures and facilities in river and sea areas. Its business operations comprise Marine construction and Municipal public construction. The company generates maximum revenue from the Municipal public construction segment.
Executives
Wang Likai 2103 Interests held jointly with another person
Wang Shiqin 2103 Interests held jointly with another person
Wang Shizhong 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Wang Xiuchun 2103 Interests held jointly with another person
Ye Kangshun 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Zhou Meng 2103 Interests held jointly with another person
Huazi Holding Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Hz&bt Development Holding Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Ye Wang Zhou Holding Limited 2101 Beneficial owner

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