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Grand Pacific Petrochemical (TPE:1312) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -4.94% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Grand Pacific Petrochemical Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Grand Pacific Petrochemical's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$32,414 Mil. Grand Pacific Petrochemical's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$-1,602 Mil. Grand Pacific Petrochemical's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -4.94%.

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

TPE:1312' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.96   Med: 15.1   Max: 41.97
Current: -5.86

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Grand Pacific Petrochemical was 41.97%. The lowest was -5.96%. And the median was 15.10%.

TPE:1312's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
88.75% of 1573 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 3.91 vs TPE:1312: -5.86

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) %. Grand Pacific Petrochemical's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Grand Pacific Petrochemical Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Grand Pacific Petrochemical's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Grand Pacific Petrochemical Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Grand Pacific Petrochemical Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.33 29.59 29.76 0.20 -4.94

Grand Pacific Petrochemical Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.20 -2.44 -5.43 -4.19 -4.94

Competitive Comparison of Grand Pacific Petrochemical's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Chemicals subindustry, Grand Pacific Petrochemical'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.


Grand Pacific Petrochemical's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Grand Pacific Petrochemical's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Grand Pacific Petrochemical's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Grand Pacific Petrochemical 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.

Grand Pacific Petrochemicals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1601.779/32413.806
=-4.94 %

Grand Pacific Petrochemical's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was NT$-1,602 Mil.



Grand Pacific Petrochemical  (TPE:1312) 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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Grand Pacific Petrochemical (TPE:1312) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 4, Xinggong Road, Dashe District, Kaohsiung City, TWN, 81567
Grand Pacific Petrochemical Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals, plastics, and chemical-based products. The firm makes its products from petroleum. The company sells polystyrene resins, which are used in the production of rubber and plastics, including food containers and plastic credit cards. It also sells thermoplastic resins, which are used to produce automobile interior parts, luggage, computer monitors, modems, and scanners. The company also sells styrene-acrylonitrile resins, which are used to produce battery components, disposable lighters, electric fan blades, and air conditioner parts.

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