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Li-Cycle Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $478.17 Mil.
Li-Cycle Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $-75.80 Mil. Li-Cycle Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was -15.85%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Li-Cycle Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
LICYF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 3.88 * 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) %. Li-Cycle Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.00%. 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.
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.
Li-Cycle Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
Li-Cycle Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Li-Cycle Holdings'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.
For the Waste Management subindustry, Li-Cycle Holdings'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.
Li-Cycle Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % vs Waste Management Industry
For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Li-Cycle Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Li-Cycle Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Li-Cycle Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as
Li-Cycle Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-75.80 Mil.
What does a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -15.85% mean?
Li-Cycle Holdings (LICYF) has a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -15.85% as of Dec. 2024. Joel Greenblatt's earnings yield equals the ratio of earnings before interest and taxes to enterprise value. View historical data on Li-Cycle Holdings and its competitors.
Is Li-Cycle Holdings' Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % too high?
Li-Cycle Holdings' current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -15.85%. Overall, Li-Cycle Holdings has a GF Score™ of 16/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Li-Cycle Holdings' Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % compare to SNRG and AQMS?
Li-Cycle Holdings' Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -15.85% can be compared against companies in the Waste Management industry. The industry median Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 3.88. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for a Waste Management company?
The median Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % among Waste Management companies is 3.88, based on 251 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % mean?
A high Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Joel Greenblatt's earnings yield equals the ratio of earnings before interest and taxes to enterprise value. View historical data on Li-Cycle Holdings and its competitors. For the Waste Management industry, the median Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 3.88 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Li-Cycle Holdings's current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -15.85%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Li-Cycle Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Li-Cycle Holdings (LICYF) has a current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -15.85%. The current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -15.85%. Li-Cycle Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 16/100. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % calculated?
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Li-Cycle Holdings (LICYF), the current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -15.85% as of Dec. 2024. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Li-Cycle Holdings Corp is a lithium-ion battery resource recovery and lithium-ion battery recycler. The company's proprietary process Spoke and Hub recycling process is designed at its Spokes, to process battery manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries to produce black mass and other intermediate products, and at its Hubs, to process black mass to recover raw materials, including but not limited to lithium carbonate, cobalt sulphate, and nickel sulphate.
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