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Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co (SZSE:002685) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.67% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥5,531 Mil. Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥148 Mil. Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 2.67%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:002685' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -47.84   Med: 0.84   Max: 11.47
Current: 2.02

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co was 11.47%. The lowest was -47.84%. And the median was 0.84%.

SZSE:002685's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
72.43% of 214 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 6.645 vs SZSE:002685: 2.02

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) %. Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co'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.


Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co 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 -21.93 -34.01 -4.89 -28.57 2.28

Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co 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 -31.75 -46.30 -24.10 2.28 2.67

Competitive Comparison of Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co'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.


Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.


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Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co 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.

Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=135.258/5938.36743
=2.28 %

Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co'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 ¥148 Mil.



Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co  (SZSE:002685) 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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Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 508 Gaolang East Road, 24th Floor, Block B, Huafa Sensing Building, Binhu District, Wuxi, CHN, 214131
Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of container handling equipment. Its product portfolio comprises ship-to-shore container cranes, rail-mounted gantry container cranes, rubber-tyred container cranes, general gantry cranes, portal cranes and other types of cranes. These cranes are widely used in domestic seaports. Besides, The company also exported its products to South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and other South-east Asia and West Asia countries.
Executives
Zhu Zhi Guo Directors, executives
Sun Xin Wei Independent director
Zhou Wen Yuan Director
Xu Da Peng Director, representative of securities affairs
Weng Yao Gen Director
Chen Xiang Supervisors
Gu Wen Yuan Directors, executives
Weng Jie Directors, executives

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