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IK Semicon Co (XKRX:149010) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 9.11% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is IK Semicon Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

IK Semicon Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩24,409 Mil. IK Semicon Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩2,223 Mil. IK Semicon Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.11%.

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

XKRX:149010' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -24.05   Med: 5.13   Max: 18.38
Current: 10.59

During the past 10 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of IK Semicon Co was 18.38%. The lowest was -24.05%. And the median was 5.13%.

XKRX:149010's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
88.99% of 999 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.99 vs XKRX:149010: 10.59

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) %. IK Semicon Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 24.54%. 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.


IK Semicon Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for IK Semicon Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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IK Semicon Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

IK Semicon Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.54 5.24 10.34 17.27 9.11

IK Semicon Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.54 5.24 10.34 17.27 9.11

Competitive Comparison of IK Semicon Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Semiconductors subindustry, IK Semicon Co'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.


IK Semicon Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, IK Semicon Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where IK Semicon Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



IK Semicon Co 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.

IK Semicon Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2222.55/24409.003
=9.11 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



IK Semicon Co  (XKRX:149010) 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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IK Semicon Co (XKRX:149010) Business Description

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Room 503, DMC Hi-Tech Industrial Center, 330 SeongAm-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, KOR, 121-912
IK Semicon Co Ltd is a IC design fabless semiconductor company in the fields of analog and mixed signal, supplying core technology IC's for automotive, smoke detector, earth leakage detector, LED lightning and home appliances.

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