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Zambia Sugar (LUS:ZSUG) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of . 20)


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What is Zambia Sugar Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Zambia Sugar's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in . 20 was ZMW0.00 Mil. Zambia Sugar does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20. Therefore, GuruFocus does not calculate Zambia Sugar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) at this moment.

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

LUS:ZSUG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 5.135
* 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) %. Zambia Sugar's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in . 20 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.


Zambia Sugar Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Competitive Comparison of Zambia Sugar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Confectioners subindustry, Zambia Sugar'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.


Zambia Sugar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Zambia Sugar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Zambia Sugar 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.

Zambia Sugars Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in . 20 is calculated as

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



Zambia Sugar  (LUS:ZSUG) 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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Zambia Sugar (LUS:ZSUG) Business Description

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P.O. Box 670240, Nakambala Estate, Mazabuka, ZMB
Zambia Sugar PLC is the Group that is growing sugar cane and the production of sugar and other special products for sale in domestic and export markets.

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