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Gamuda Bhd (XKLS:5398) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.04% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Gamuda Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Gamuda Bhd's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was RM17,318 Mil. Gamuda Bhd's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was RM1,218 Mil. Gamuda Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 7.04%.

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

XKLS:5398' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.75   Med: 6.06   Max: 10.56
Current: 5.79

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Gamuda Bhd was 10.56%. The lowest was 3.75%. And the median was 6.06%.

XKLS:5398's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
54.01% of 1707 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.57 vs XKLS:5398: 5.79

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) %. Gamuda Bhd's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 13.88%. 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.


Gamuda Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Gamuda Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Gamuda Bhd Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.82 4.93 8.45 8.55 7.56

Gamuda Bhd Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 9.65 9.62 7.56 7.84 7.04

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

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Gamuda 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.


Gamuda Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Gamuda Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gamuda 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.

Gamuda Bhds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1136.181/15021.579
=7.56 %

Gamuda Bhd's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was RM1,218 Mil.



Gamuda Bhd  (XKLS:5398) 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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Gamuda Bhd (XKLS:5398) Business Description

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No. 8, Jalan PJU8/8A, Menara Gamuda, D-16-01, Block D, PJ Trade Centre, Bandar Damansara Perdana, Petaling Jaya, SGR, MYS, 47820
Gamuda Bhdis one of Malaysia's firms in infrastructure and property development. It helps construct highways, plants, ports, and other industrial developments throughout select regions, and the company also develops residential and commercial communities. The company has three core business divisions: engineering and construction, property development, and water and expressway concessions. The engineering and construction segment generates more than half of the total revenue. Concessions granted to Gamuda from government authorities pertain to operating highways and water management. Gamuda operates highway tolls and works to minimize traffic congestion. As a water provider, it uses a multistep process to supply fresh clean water.

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