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Batu Kawan Bhd (XKLS:1899) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.45% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Batu Kawan Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Batu Kawan Bhd's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was RM25,633 Mil. Batu Kawan Bhd's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was RM1,142 Mil. Batu Kawan Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.45%.

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

XKLS:1899' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.42   Med: 9.4   Max: 19.15
Current: 7.01

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Batu Kawan Bhd was 19.15%. The lowest was 4.42%. And the median was 9.40%.

XKLS:1899's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
69.58% of 1578 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 3.885 vs XKLS:1899: 7.01

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) %. Batu Kawan Bhd's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 25.59%. 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.


Batu Kawan Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Batu Kawan Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Batu Kawan Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Batu Kawan Bhd Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.32 8.45 13.68 14.62 5.74

Batu Kawan Bhd Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 11.07 8.28 5.74 4.78 4.45

Competitive Comparison of Batu Kawan Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Batu Kawan Bhd'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.


Batu Kawan Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Batu Kawan Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Batu Kawan Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Batu Kawan Bhd 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.

Batu Kawan Bhds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1449.258/25231.17658
=5.74 %

Batu Kawan Bhd'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 RM1,142 Mil.



Batu Kawan Bhd  (XKLS:1899) 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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Batu Kawan Bhd (XKLS:1899) Business Description

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No. 1, Jalan S.P. Seenivasagam, Wisma Taiko, Ipoh, PRK, MYS, 30000
Batu Kawan Bhd is a holding company that focuses on harvesting palm trees and manufacturing and selling rubber and chemical products through its subsidiaries. The firm operates through four segments: plantation, manufacturing, property development, and investment holdings/others. The manufacturing segment generates majority revenue through selling a variety of chemical-based products, including oleochemicals, industrial amides, rubber gloves, and esters. The plantation segment generates the second portion of total revenue by cultivating and processing palm trees into both fresh fruit bunches and rubber products. Geographically, the firm operates in Asia, Europe, Americas, and Africa, with the majority of its revenue generated from Asian and European countries.

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