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Volta Metals (XCNQ:VLTA) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -144.93% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Volta Metals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Volta Metals's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$1.93 Mil. Volta Metals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was C$-2.79 Mil. Volta Metals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -144.93%.

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

XCNQ:VLTA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -188.68   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -118.3

XCNQ:VLTA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
93.05% of 2690 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -12.19 vs XCNQ:VLTA: -118.30

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) %. Volta Metals's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


Volta Metals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Volta Metals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Volta Metals Annual Data
Trend Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -48.08

Volta Metals Quarterly Data
Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - -46.95 -48.08 -144.93

Competitive Comparison of Volta Metals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Volta Metals'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.


Volta Metals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Volta Metals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Volta Metals 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.

Volta Metalss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-2.875/5.989965
=-48.00 %

Volta Metals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$-2.79 Mil.



Volta Metals  (XCNQ:VLTA) 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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Volta Metals (XCNQ:VLTA) Business Description

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Address
390 Bay Street, Suite 700a, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5H 2Y2
Volta Metals Ltd is a mineral exploration company focused on lithium, cesium and tantalum exploration in Canada, and led by a group of mining professionals. It is currently exploring a critical minerals portfolio of lithium, cesium and tantalum projects in northwestern Ontario, which is considered to be one of the more prolific emerging hard-rock lithium districts globally. The company's projects include Flacon west project, Root Project, White Lights Project, Kim Lake & Store Lake Project, Junior Lake Project, and Crescent Lake Project.
Executives
Kerem Usenmez Senior Officer

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