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Centro Escolar University (PHS:CEU) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 15.82% (As of Feb. 2025)


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What is Centro Escolar University Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Centro Escolar University's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was ₱4,603 Mil. Centro Escolar University's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was ₱728 Mil. Centro Escolar University's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 15.82%.

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

PHS:CEU' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.8   Med: 9.87   Max: 58.13
Current: 15.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Centro Escolar University was 58.13%. The lowest was 0.80%. And the median was 9.87%.

PHS:CEU's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
81.55% of 271 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 5.87 vs PHS:CEU: 15.80

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) %. Centro Escolar University's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 27.50%. 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.


Centro Escolar University Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Centro Escolar University's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Centro Escolar University Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Centro Escolar University Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 May22 May23 May24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.67 7.52 6.04 18.12 22.78

Centro Escolar University Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
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 34.97 22.78 15.60 17.12 15.82

Competitive Comparison of Centro Escolar University's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Centro Escolar University'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.


Centro Escolar University's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Centro Escolar University's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Centro Escolar University's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.


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Centro Escolar University 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.

Centro Escolar Universitys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=682.558/2994.466535402
=22.79 %

Centro Escolar University's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ₱728 Mil.



Centro Escolar University  (PHS:CEU) 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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Centro Escolar University Business Description

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Address
9 Mendiola Street, San Miguel, Manila, RIZ, PHL, 1005
Centro Escolar University is a Philippines-based institution of higher learning. The company is engaged in establishing, maintaining and operating an educational institution for the training of the youth in all branches of the arts and sciences, offering classes at the tertiary level. The University operates in four geographical segments such as Mendiola, Malolos, Makati-Gil Puyat and Makati Legaspi campus.

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