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Kato Works Co (TSE:6390) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 14.25% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kato Works Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Kato Works Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円26,416 Mil. Kato Works Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 円3,763 Mil. Kato Works Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 14.25%.

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

TSE:6390' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -29.1   Med: 9.72   Max: 25.55
Current: 15.21

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Kato Works Co was 25.55%. The lowest was -29.10%. And the median was 9.72%.

TSE:6390's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
82.78% of 209 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 7.26 vs TSE:6390: 15.21

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) %. Kato Works Co'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.


Kato Works Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kato Works Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Kato Works Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Kato Works Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.78 -2.09 -4.91 -28.49 10.50

Kato Works Co 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 -9.03 10.50 13.93 18.94 14.25

Competitive Comparison of Kato Works Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Kato Works 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.


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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Kato Works Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Kato Works 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.

Kato Works Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2795/26595.6327
=10.51 %

Kato Works Co'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 円3,763 Mil.



Kato Works Co  (TSE:6390) 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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Kato Works Co (TSE:6390) Business Description

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Address
9-37, Higashi-ohi 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 140-0011
Kato Works Co Ltd is a Japan-based machinery manufacturer. The company is mainly engaged in the manufacturing and sales of machinery used for lifting and construction industries. It offers various construction equipments, mobile cranes and industrial equipments including truck cranes, hydraulic excavators, rough terrain cranes, all terrain cranes, crawler cranes, mini excavators, earth boring rigs, vacuum truck, street sweepers, and snow sweepers. Kato also offers parts and services. It has Global network with presence in Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Fiji, Colombia, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Turkey, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, South Korea, among others.

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