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Elekta AB (OSTO:EKTA B) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.83% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Elekta AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Elekta AB's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was kr34,865 Mil. Elekta AB's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was kr2,033 Mil. Elekta AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 5.83%.

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

OSTO:EKTA B' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.92   Med: 4.02   Max: 6.98
Current: 5.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Elekta AB was 6.98%. The lowest was 0.92%. And the median was 4.02%.

OSTO:EKTA B's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
78.69% of 854 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 0.015 vs OSTO:EKTA B: 5.40

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) %. Elekta AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 1.99%. 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.


Elekta AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Elekta AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Elekta AB Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 4.46 4.13 5.86 3.92

Elekta AB Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 5.16 3.92 4.55 5.66 5.83

Competitive Comparison of Elekta AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Elekta AB'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.


Elekta AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Elekta AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Elekta AB 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.

Elekta ABs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1424/36284.06298
=3.92 %

Elekta AB's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was kr2,033 Mil.



Elekta AB  (OSTO:EKTA B) 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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Elekta AB (OSTO:EKTA B) Business Description

Address
Kungstensgatan 18, Box 7593, Stockholm, SWE, SE-103 93
Sweden-based Elekta develops, manufactures, and distributes treatment planning systems for neurosurgery and radiotherapy, including stereotactic radiosurgery and brachytherapy. The company's installed base of more than 5,000 linear accelerators, GammaKnife and Unity platforms, and software is used in more than 6,000 hospitals globally. The company's sales are evenly distributed across geographies, with North and South America accounting for 31%; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa accounting for 35%; and Asia-Pacific contributing the remainder.

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