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Hofseth BioCare ASA (OSTO:HBCO) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -9.78% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Hofseth BioCare ASA Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Hofseth BioCare ASA's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was kr1,036.7 Mil. Hofseth BioCare ASA's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was kr-111.0 Mil. Hofseth BioCare ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was -9.78%.

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

OSTO:HBCO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -80.82   Med: -9.02   Max: -2.23
Current: -10.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Hofseth BioCare ASA was -2.23%. The lowest was -80.82%. And the median was -9.02%.

OSTO:HBCO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
68.05% of 1981 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 5.43 vs OSTO:HBCO: -10.75

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) %. Hofseth BioCare ASA's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five 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.


Hofseth BioCare ASA Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hofseth BioCare ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Hofseth BioCare ASA Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Hofseth BioCare ASA Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.70 -4.57 -9.28 -7.66 -13.39

Hofseth BioCare ASA Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 -9.29 -11.75 -14.47 -13.39 -9.78

Competitive Comparison of Hofseth BioCare ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Hofseth BioCare ASA'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.


Hofseth BioCare ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Hofseth BioCare ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hofseth BioCare ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.


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Hofseth BioCare ASA 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.

Hofseth BioCare ASAs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-109.615/756.04404
=-14.50 %

Hofseth BioCare ASA's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was kr-111.0 Mil.



Hofseth BioCare ASA  (OSTO:HBCO) 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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Hofseth BioCare ASA Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Keiser Wilhelms Gate 24, Aalesund, NOR, 6003
Hofseth BioCare ASA is a Norway-based company engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling marine ingredients such as oil, calcium, and protein products. Its products and their respective brands include salmon oil (OmeGo), hydrolyzed soluble protein (ProGo), Calcium/Collagen (CalGo or NT-II), and non-soluble protein (PetGo), all of which are produced in the Midsund plant. The firm sells its products to various segments of the human nutrition market, such as sports nutrition, supplements, and health foods, as well as to the market within nutrition for the pet and feed industry. It generates maximum revenue from the sale of salmon oil. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from Europe, followed by North America and Asia.

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