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Indraprastha Gas (BOM:532514) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 8.49% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Indraprastha Gas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Indraprastha Gas's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹292,670 Mil. Indraprastha Gas's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹24,838 Mil. Indraprastha Gas's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.49%.

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

BOM:532514' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.42   Med: 6.67   Max: 16.71
Current: 8.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Indraprastha Gas was 16.71%. The lowest was 2.42%. And the median was 6.67%.

BOM:532514's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
60.76% of 525 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 6.81 vs BOM:532514: 8.50

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) %. Indraprastha Gas's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Indraprastha Gas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Indraprastha Gas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Indraprastha Gas Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.54 6.22 4.32 8.49 7.68

Indraprastha Gas Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 7.59 7.68 6.58 8.08 8.49

Competitive Comparison of Indraprastha Gas's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Indraprastha Gas'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.


Indraprastha Gas's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Indraprastha Gas's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Indraprastha Gas 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.

Indraprastha Gass Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=21310.6/277469.9285
=7.68 %

Indraprastha Gas's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ₹24,838 Mil.



Indraprastha Gas  (BOM:532514) 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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Indraprastha Gas (BOM:532514) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
IGL Bhawan, Plot Number 4, Community Centre, Sector-9, R K Puram, New Delhi, IND, 110022
Indraprastha Gas Ltd, or IGL, is an Indian utility company that derives nearly all of its revenue from the sale of natural gas. IGL supplies compressed natural gas (CNG) to the transport sector and piped natural gas (PNG) to domestic, industrial, and commercial sector customers. Most of the natural gas sold by IGL is in the form of compressed natural gas. CNG is an alternative to fossil fuels that is distributed from IGL's portfolio of fueling stations to power a variety of vehicles. The vast majority of these CNG stations are located in the Delhi and National Capital Regions. IGL distributes a significant amount of natural gas through its network of pipelines in Delhi and the National Capital Region, as well. The customers served by IGL's PNG business are primarily residential consumers.

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