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Hello Pal International (XCNQ:HP) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -12.29% (As of Feb. 2023)


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What is Hello Pal International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Hello Pal International's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2023 was C$17.10 Mil. Hello Pal International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2023 was C$-1.69 Mil. Hello Pal International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2023 was -12.29%.

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

XCNQ:HP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.16
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Hello Pal International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 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.


Hello Pal International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hello Pal International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Hello Pal International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Hello Pal International Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -32.36 -58.14 -2.67 -9.88 -12.29

Hello Pal International Quarterly Data
Feb18 May18 Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23
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 -8.77 -9.88 -14.95 -17.21 -12.29

Competitive Comparison of Hello Pal International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Application subindustry, Hello Pal International'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.


Hello Pal International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Hello Pal International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hello Pal International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Hello Pal International 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.

Hello Pal Internationals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-2.102/17.10086
=-12.29 %

Hello Pal International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$-1.69 Mil.



Hello Pal International  (XCNQ:HP) 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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Hello Pal International (XCNQ:HP) Business Description

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200 - 550 Denman Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6G 3H1
Hello Pal International Inc is a proprietary suite of mobile applications built on a user-friendly messaging interface that focuses on social interaction, language learning, and travel. It has been designed from the ground up to be easy to use and enables users the freedom to speak in their own language regardless of the other person's language they are speaking. The firm operates in two different reportable segments international live-streaming segment, which provides online live-streaming services. and Cryptocurrency mining segment, which provides cryptocurrency computing services to blockchain platforms, and the majority of its revenue comes from live streaming segments.