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Air Products & Chemicals (MIL:1APD) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.31% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Air Products & Chemicals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Air Products & Chemicals's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €72,569 Mil. Air Products & Chemicals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was €4,594 Mil. Air Products & Chemicals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 6.31%.

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

MIL:1APD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.41   Med: 4.43   Max: 6.52
Current: 6.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Air Products & Chemicals was 6.52%. The lowest was 3.41%. And the median was 4.43%.

MIL:1APD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
66.18% of 1579 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 3.71 vs MIL:1APD: 6.19

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) %. Air Products & Chemicals's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 6.97%. 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.


Air Products & Chemicals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Air Products & Chemicals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Air Products & Chemicals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Air Products & Chemicals Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.72 4.44 5.04 4.17 6.31

Air Products & Chemicals Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 4.17 4.28 4.89 4.74 6.31

Competitive Comparison of Air Products & Chemicals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Air Products & Chemicals'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.


Air Products & Chemicals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Air Products & Chemicals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Air Products & Chemicals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Air Products & Chemicals 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.

Air Products & Chemicalss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=4541.04/72569.21
=6.26 %

Air Products & Chemicals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €4,594 Mil.



Air Products & Chemicals  (MIL:1APD) 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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Air Products & Chemicals Business Description

Address
1940 Air Products Boulevard, Allentown, PA, USA, 18106-5500
Since its founding in 1940, Air Products has become one of the leading industrial gas suppliers globally, with operations in 50 countries and 19,000 employees. The company is the largest supplier of hydrogen and helium in the world. It has a unique portfolio serving customers in a number of industries, including chemicals, energy, healthcare, metals, and electronics. Air Products generated $12.1 billion in revenue in fiscal 2024.

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