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VLVCY (Volvo Car AB) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 25.64% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Volvo Car AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Volvo Car AB's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $9,902 Mil. Volvo Car AB's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $2,517 Mil. Volvo Car AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 25.64%.

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

VLVCY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.33   Med: 18.03   Max: 37.45
Current: 30.12

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Volvo Car AB was 37.45%. The lowest was 7.33%. And the median was 18.03%.

VLVCY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
93.34% of 1321 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 5.3 vs VLVCY: 30.12

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) %. Volvo Car AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.


Volvo Car AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Volvo Car AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Volvo Car AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Volvo Car AB Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 10.19 19.72 28.01

Volvo Car AB Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 16.64 28.01 18.66 25.97 25.64

Competitive Comparison of Volvo Car AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Volvo Car AB'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.


Volvo Car AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Volvo Car AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Volvo Car AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Volvo Car AB 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.

Volvo Car ABs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2142.801/7941.421
=26.98 %

Volvo Car AB's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2,517 Mil.



Volvo Car AB  (OTCPK:VLVCY) 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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Volvo Car AB Business Description

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Address
VAK Building, Gunnar Engellaus Vag, Gothenburg, SWE, 405 31
Volvo Car AB manufactures, designs, and supplies automobiles. The company offers a wide range of cars. Geographically, it has a presence in China, the US; Sweden; Germany; the United Kingdom; Japan, and South Korea. It generates maximum revenue from the sale of new cars.