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Freightways Group (NZSE:FRW) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.02% (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Freightways Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Freightways Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was NZ$1,990 Mil. Freightways Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was NZ$120 Mil. Freightways Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 6.02%.

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

NZSE:FRW' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.78   Med: 6.26   Max: 9.64
Current: 2.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Freightways Group was 9.64%. The lowest was 2.78%. And the median was 6.26%.

NZSE:FRW's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
75.53% of 989 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 7.34 vs NZSE:FRW: 2.80

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) %. Freightways Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 18.30%. 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.


Freightways Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Freightways Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Freightways Group Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.97 3.49 5.47 5.81 6.02

Freightways Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 5.47 - 5.81 - 6.02

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

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Freightways 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.


Freightways Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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



Freightways 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.

Freightways Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=119.877/1989.5359
=6.03 %

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.



Freightways Group  (NZSE:FRW) 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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Freightways Group Business Description

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Address
32 Botha Road, Penrose, Auckland, NTL, NZL, DX CX10120
Freightways Group Ltd is a provider of express package services throughout New Zealand. The company is organized into three reportable segments: Express Package and Business Mail, Information Management and Corporate and others. The Express Package and Business Mail segment cover network courier, point-to-point courier, and postal services. Information management comprises secure paper-based and electronic business information management services. Corporate and other comprises corporate, financing, and property management services. Key revenue is derived from the Express Package and Business Mail divisions.