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Bloomsbury Publishing (LSE:BMY) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Aug. 2024)


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What is Bloomsbury Publishing Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Bloomsbury Publishing's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was £587.6 Mil. Bloomsbury Publishing's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was £50.5 Mil. Bloomsbury Publishing's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 0.00%.

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

LSE:BMY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.12   Med: 8.3   Max: 11.85
Current: 8.92

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Bloomsbury Publishing was 11.85%. The lowest was 5.12%. And the median was 8.30%.

LSE:BMY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
74.62% of 1052 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.995 vs LSE:BMY: 8.92

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) %. Bloomsbury Publishing's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 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.


Bloomsbury Publishing Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bloomsbury Publishing's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Bloomsbury Publishing Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Bloomsbury Publishing Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.19 10.13 7.55 8.64 10.82

Bloomsbury Publishing Semi-Annual Data
Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24
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 - 8.64 - 10.82 -

Competitive Comparison of Bloomsbury Publishing's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Publishing subindustry, Bloomsbury Publishing'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.


Bloomsbury Publishing's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Bloomsbury Publishing's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bloomsbury Publishing's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Bloomsbury Publishing 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.

Bloomsbury Publishings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=41.903/386.990555
=10.83 %

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.



Bloomsbury Publishing  (LSE:BMY) 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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Bloomsbury Publishing Business Description

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Address
50 Bedford Square, London, GBR, WC1B 3DP
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC is a publisher of books and other media for general readers, children, students, researchers, and professionals. It offers authors access to these multiple markets in multiple formats throughout the world in print, through e-books, digital downloads, and apps in schools, libraries, universities, and in terrestrial and internet bookshops. The company divisions are Consumer and Non-Consumer. Consumer division is split out into Children's Trade and Adult Trade; and Non-Consumer split between Academic and Professional, Education, Special Interest, and Content Services. It derives maximum revenue from the Consumer division segment. The company operates in the UK, North America, and other countries.