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YA Horng Electronic M Bhd (XKLS:7196) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.16% (As of Jul. 2013)


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What is YA Horng Electronic M Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

YA Horng Electronic M Bhd's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2013 was RM10.4 Mil. YA Horng Electronic M Bhd's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2013 was RM-2.5 Mil. YA Horng Electronic M Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2013 was 1.16%.

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

XKLS:7196's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 3.24
* 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) %. YA Horng Electronic M Bhd's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2013 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.


YA Horng Electronic M Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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YA Horng Electronic M Bhd Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

YA Horng Electronic M Bhd Annual Data
Trend Jan06 Jan07 Jan08 Jan09 Jan10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 41.32 16.53 - 19.01 3.89

YA Horng Electronic M Bhd Quarterly Data
Jan12 Apr12 Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 21.32 27.93 3.89 9.98 1.16

Competitive Comparison of YA Horng Electronic M Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, YA Horng Electronic M 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.


YA Horng Electronic M Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, YA Horng Electronic M Bhd's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



YA Horng Electronic M 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.

YA Horng Electronic M Bhds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2013 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0.571/14.56605
=3.92 %

YA Horng Electronic M Bhd's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was RM-2.5 Mil.



YA Horng Electronic M Bhd  (XKLS:7196) 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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YA Horng Electronic M Bhd (XKLS:7196) Business Description

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YA Horng Electronic M Bhd is an investment holding company, engages in the manufacture and sale of audio and electric products primarily in Malaysia, China, and Taiwan.

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