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Twenty-First Century Fox (FRA:NWXA) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 25.97% (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Twenty-First Century Fox Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Twenty-First Century Fox's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was €77,190 Mil. Twenty-First Century Fox's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was €14,467 Mil. Twenty-First Century Fox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 25.97%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Twenty-First Century Fox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:NWXA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 2.81
* 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) %. Twenty-First Century Fox's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 6.58%. 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.


Twenty-First Century Fox Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Twenty-First Century Fox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Twenty-First Century Fox Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Twenty-First Century Fox Annual Data
Trend Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.38 17.76 9.78 11.10 7.05

Twenty-First Century Fox Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
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 8.58 8.50 7.05 7.67 25.97

Competitive Comparison of Twenty-First Century Fox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Twenty-First Century Fox'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.


Twenty-First Century Fox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Twenty-First Century Fox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Twenty-First Century Fox's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Twenty-First Century Fox 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.

Twenty-First Century Foxs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=4843.248/57390.5805
=8.44 %

Twenty-First Century Fox's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €14,467 Mil.



Twenty-First Century Fox  (FRA:NWXA) 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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Twenty-First Century Fox (FRA:NWXA) Business Description

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Address
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036
21st Century Fox is a media conglomerate with a wide range of assets: a film studio, which creates television programs and movies; broadcast television, including the Fox broadcast network and local TV stations in the U.S.; cable networks, which comprise over 300 channels around the world; and direct-broadcast satellite TV in the form of Sky, a satellite pay-tv provider in Europe.

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