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Acurity Health Group (NZSE:ACY) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 10.07% (As of Mar. 2014)


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What is Acurity Health Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Acurity Health Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was NZ$125.05 Mil. Acurity Health Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2014 was NZ$14.08 Mil. Acurity Health Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was 10.07%.

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

NZSE:ACY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.5   Med: 9   Max: 15.3
Current: 8.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Acurity Health Group was 15.30%. The lowest was 5.50%. And the median was 9.00%.

NZSE:ACY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.685 vs NZSE:ACY: 8.30

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) %. Acurity Health Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was 2.47%. 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.


Acurity Health Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acurity Health Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Acurity Health Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Acurity Health Group Annual Data
Trend Mar05 Mar06 Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.67 9.12 9.40 7.97 10.07

Acurity Health Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar02 Mar03 Sep03 Mar04 Sep04 Mar05 Sep07 Mar08 Sep08 Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14
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 9.40 6.62 7.97 10.24 10.07

Competitive Comparison of Acurity Health Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Acurity Health Group'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.


Acurity Health Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Acurity Health Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Acurity Health Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Acurity Health Group 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.

Acurity Health Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2014 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=14.081/125.051
=11.26 %

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.



Acurity Health Group  (NZSE:ACY) 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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Acurity Health Group (NZSE:ACY) Business Description

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Acurity Health Group Ltd provides private surgical healthcare services. It owns and operates approximately three private surgical hospitals. Its surgical services include cosmetic surgery, hip and knee replacement, and hernia surgery, among others.

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