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Kobay Technology Bhd (XKLS:6971) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.50% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Kobay Technology Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Kobay Technology Bhd's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was RM625.4 Mil. Kobay Technology Bhd's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was RM21.9 Mil. Kobay Technology Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.50%.

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

XKLS:6971' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.02   Med: 12.31   Max: 38.84
Current: 2.89

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Kobay Technology Bhd was 38.84%. The lowest was 2.02%. And the median was 12.31%.

XKLS:6971's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
62% of 3037 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.4 vs XKLS:6971: 2.89

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) %. Kobay Technology Bhd's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.03%. 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.


Kobay Technology Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Kobay Technology Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Kobay Technology Bhd Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.89 18.90 4.52 7.72 6.12

Kobay Technology 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 6.60 6.12 4.57 4.88 3.50

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

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Kobay Technology 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.


Kobay Technology Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

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



Kobay Technology 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.

Kobay Technology Bhds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=41.595/680.0089
=6.12 %

Kobay Technology 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 RM21.9 Mil.



Kobay Technology Bhd  (XKLS:6971) 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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Kobay Technology Bhd (XKLS:6971) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 42-B Jalan Rangoon, 3rd Floor, Wisma Kobay, Georgetown, PNG, MYS, 10400
Kobay Technology Bhd is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment includes Manufacturing and Property development, Pharmaceutical and healthcare, Asset Management and Other. It generates maximum revenue from the Manufacturing segment. The Manufacturing segment is engaged in the manufacture of precision machined components, precision stamping, sheet metal parts, surface treatment, precision moulds, tooling and form dies, semiconductor assembly and testing equipment, metal works and structures, modules and parts for oil and gas production and extraction equipment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Malaysia.

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