What is Augusta Technologie AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Augusta Technologie AG's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was €151.4 Mil.
Augusta Technologie AG's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was €15.3 Mil. Augusta Technologie AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 10.08%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Augusta Technologie AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
XTER:ABE1's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 3.18 * 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) %. Augusta Technologie AG's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 18.57%. 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.
Augusta Technologie AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Augusta Technologie AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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Augusta Technologie AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Augusta Technologie AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Electronic Components subindustry, Augusta Technologie AG'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.
Augusta Technologie AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Augusta Technologie AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Augusta Technologie AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Augusta Technologie AG 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.
Augusta Technologie AGs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as
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.
Augusta Technologie AG (XTER:ABE1) 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.
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