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Express Kenya (NAI:XPRS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -16.31% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Express Kenya Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Express Kenya's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was KES577.22 Mil. Express Kenya's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was KES-94.22 Mil. Express Kenya's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -16.31%.

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

NAI:XPRS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -30.19   Med: -15.37   Max: 2.35
Current: -16.56

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Express Kenya was 2.35%. The lowest was -30.19%. And the median was -15.37%.

NAI:XPRS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
95.52% of 1005 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 7.15 vs NAI:XPRS: -16.56

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) %. Express Kenya's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Express Kenya Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Express Kenya Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Express Kenya Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.01 -5.72 -14.10 -12.79 -16.31

Express Kenya Semi-Annual Data
Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
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 -2.01 -5.72 -14.10 -12.79 -16.31

Competitive Comparison of Express Kenya's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Express Kenya'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.


Express Kenya's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Express Kenya's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Express Kenya 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.

Express Kenyas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-94.224/577.22455
=-16.32 %

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.



Express Kenya  (NAI:XPRS) 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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Express Kenya Business Description

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Road A, Off Enterprise Road, Industrial Area, P.O. Box 40433, Express House, Nairobi, KEN, 00100
Express Kenya PLC engages in the provision of clearing and forwarding services for both air and sea, as well as logistics services. It operates through the following segments: Clearing and Forwarding, Warehousing, and Real Estate. The Clearing and Forwarding segment includes the distribution of products to various parts of the country. The Warehousing segment which accounts for the majority of revenue comprises the storage of customers' goods in the warehousing facility. The Real Estate segment consists of the development of properties.

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