What is Zurich Insurance Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Zurich Insurance Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was R2,534 Mil.
Zurich Insurance Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was R-232 Mil. Zurich Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was -9.14%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Zurich Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
JSE:ZSA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 5.81 * 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) %. Zurich Insurance Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 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.
Zurich Insurance Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Zurich Insurance 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. * 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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Zurich Insurance Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Zurich Insurance 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.
Zurich Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Zurich Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Zurich Insurance Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Zurich Insurance 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.
Zurich Insurance Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as
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.
Zurich Insurance Co (JSE:ZSA) 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.
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Zurich Insurance Co (JSE:ZSA) Business Description
Zurich Insurance Co SA Ltd, a short-term insurance Company, was founded on 1965. The Company offers insurance products and services for individual, commercial and corporate customers. It provides short-term insurance, operating across corporate, commercial and domestic markets and markets its products through brokers and agents. It has a network of offices throughout South Africa. Its products consist of Body Corporate Insurance, Collectible Insurance, Commercial Insurance, Farmers Insurance, Flexiflite Insurance, Hospitality Insurance, Small and Medium Enterprises Insurance, Wineries Insurance, Home and Motor Insurance, Engineering Insurance, Marine Insurance and Travel Insurance. It provides services such as Fast Track Claims, Motor Assessing and Zurich Assist.
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