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Wuxi AppTec Co (HKSE:02359) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.84% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Wuxi AppTec Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Wuxi AppTec Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was HK$179,610 Mil. Wuxi AppTec Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was HK$14,823 Mil. Wuxi AppTec Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 7.84%.

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

HKSE:02359' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.8   Med: 2.68   Max: 10.86
Current: 8.71

During the past 11 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Wuxi AppTec Co was 10.86%. The lowest was 0.80%. And the median was 2.68%.

HKSE:02359's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
90.87% of 219 companies
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry
Industry Median: -1.82 vs HKSE:02359: 8.71

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) %. Wuxi AppTec Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 21.73%. 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.


Wuxi AppTec Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Wuxi AppTec Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Wuxi AppTec Co 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 1.10 1.76 4.51 5.70 8.12

Wuxi AppTec Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 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 9.13 9.88 6.91 8.12 7.84

Competitive Comparison of Wuxi AppTec Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Wuxi AppTec 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.


Wuxi AppTec Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Wuxi AppTec Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Wuxi AppTec 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.

Wuxi AppTec Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=12551.387/147979.15285
=8.48 %

Wuxi AppTec Co'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 HK$14,823 Mil.



Wuxi AppTec Co  (HKSE:02359) 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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Wuxi AppTec Co Business Description

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Address
288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, CHN, 200131
Wuxi AppTec Co Ltd provides a portfolio of research and manufacturing services throughout the discovery, development, and manufacturing spectrum for small molecule drugs, development of computer software and databases as well as consulting services for combinatorial chemistry and pharmaceuticals. The services offered by the company include drug research and development testing, clinical research services, an end-to-end CRDMO platform for peptide, oligonucleotide, and small molecules, and integrated biology services and solutions for drug discovery. The company's reportable segments are WuXi Chemistry, which derives maximum revenue, WuXi Testing, WuXi Biology, and Others. Geographically, it derives key revenue from the United States of America, followed by China, Europe, and other regions.
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