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Sakata Seed (TSE:1377) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 8.60% (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Sakata Seed Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sakata Seed's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円137,059 Mil. Sakata Seed's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was 円11,789 Mil. Sakata Seed's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 8.60%.

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

TSE:1377' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.28   Med: 6.95   Max: 11.67
Current: 8.6

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sakata Seed was 11.67%. The lowest was 4.28%. And the median was 6.95%.

TSE:1377's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
69.94% of 1946 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 4.92 vs TSE:1377: 8.60

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) %. Sakata Seed's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 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.


Sakata Seed Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Sakata Seed Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sakata Seed Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.17 5.42 6.83 9.81 8.61

Sakata Seed Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 10.62 8.61 7.77 7.81 8.60

Competitive Comparison of Sakata Seed's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Farm Products subindustry, Sakata Seed'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.


Sakata Seed's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Sakata Seed 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.

Sakata Seeds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=12564/145888.22
=8.61 %

Sakata Seed's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was 円11,789 Mil.



Sakata Seed  (TSE:1377) 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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Sakata Seed (TSE:1377) Business Description

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Address
2-7-1 Nakamachidai, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, JPN, 224-0041
Sakata Seed Corporation produces and sells multiple flower and vegetable seeds and various gardening materials. The company has locations all over the globe and sells the seeds to distributors and other producers. Gardening materials may be sold through home improvement retailers, mail-order sales, and garden shops. Additionally, Sakata Seed provides miscellaneous activities, such as landscaping, temporary staffing, and other activities associated with cultivating land. It invests in research and development to monitor breeding and develop new seed varieties and has enhanced revenue by entering into contracts to construct greenhouse and agricultural facilities.

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