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Wheelock and Co (HKSE:00020) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.30% (As of Dec. 2019)


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What is Wheelock and Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Wheelock and Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was HK$320,365 Mil. Wheelock and Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2019 was HK$20,184 Mil. Wheelock and Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was 6.30%.

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

HKSE:00020's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Real Estate industry.
Industry Median: 4.305
* 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) %. Wheelock and Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was 6.70%. 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.


Wheelock and Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Wheelock and Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Wheelock and Co Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.77 11.31 13.42 10.87 6.30

Wheelock and Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19
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 13.42 - 10.87 - 6.30

Competitive Comparison of Wheelock and Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, Wheelock and 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.


Wheelock and Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Wheelock and Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Wheelock and 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.

Wheelock and Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=20184/320364.7575
=6.30 %

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.



Wheelock and Co  (HKSE:00020) 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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Wheelock and Co (HKSE:00020) Business Description

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Address
20 Pedder Street, 23rd Floor, Wheelock House, Hong Kong, HKG
Wheelock and Co Ltd is an investment holding company. The company through its subsidiaries operates through four segments namely Investment property, Development property, Hotels, and Logistics. It manages its diversified businesses according to the nature of services and products provided. The business of the group is functioned through the region of Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Singapore and it derives most of the revenue from Hong Kong as well as from the development segment.

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