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Princeton Technology (ROCO:6129) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.27% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Princeton Technology Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Princeton Technology's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$4,413 Mil. Princeton Technology's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-12 Mil. Princeton Technology's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -0.27%.

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

ROCO:6129' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -443143.48   Med: -4.62   Max: 8138.91
Current: -0.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Princeton Technology was 8138.91%. The lowest was -443143.48%. And the median was -4.62%.

ROCO:6129's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
68.14% of 998 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 2.035 vs ROCO:6129: -0.33

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) %. Princeton Technology's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00%. 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.


Princeton Technology Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Princeton Technology Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Princeton Technology Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -15.72 -3.16 -2.00 2.79 3.36

Princeton Technology Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Mar24
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 3.36 2.93 2.72 2.04 -0.27

Competitive Comparison of Princeton Technology's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Princeton Technology'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.


Princeton Technology's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Princeton Technology's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Princeton Technology 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.

Princeton Technologys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=169.365/5046.8264
=3.36 %

Princeton Technology's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was NT$-12 Mil.



Princeton Technology  (ROCO:6129) 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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Princeton Technology (ROCO:6129) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 233-1, Baociao Road, 2nd Floor, Sindian District, New Taipei City, TWN, 23145
Princeton Technology Corp is engaged in the development, design, testing and sales of consumer integrated circuits (ICs). Its products include Display Driver ICs, Multimedia Audio Controller ICs, Motor Driver ICs, RF ICs, Encoder/Decoder ICs, Remote Control ICs, and ASICs and are suitable for a wide range of applications, including automotive dashboard and multimedia devices, portable audio players, digital TVs, home audio/video appliances, DSCs, DSLRs, monitoring cameras, and car security systems. Geographically, the activities are carried out in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Mainland China(including HK) and others.

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