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HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments (HKSE:02638) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.42% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$91,807 Mil. HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$4,976 Mil. HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.42%.

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

HKSE:02638' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.59   Med: 4.89   Max: 5.92
Current: 5.43

During the past 11 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments was 5.92%. The lowest was 3.59%. And the median was 4.89%.

HKSE:02638's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
60.69% of 524 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 6.955 vs HKSE:02638: 5.43

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) %. HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.05%. 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.


HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments 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 3.81 3.68 4.24 4.67 5.42

HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 4.24 - 4.67 - 5.42

Competitive Comparison of HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments'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.


HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

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



HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments 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.

HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investmentss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=4976/91806.502
=5.42 %

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.



HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments  (HKSE:02638) 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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HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments (HKSE:02638) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
44 Kennedy Road, Hong Kong Electric Centre, Hong Kong, HKG
HK ELECTRIC INVESTMENTS LIMITED is a fixed single investment trust in Hong Kong with a focus on the power industry. The Company is a vertically integrated power utility and its operations comprise the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity to Hong Kong Island and Lamma Island. Its principal operating subsidiary is The Hongkong Electric Company, Limited (HEC). HEC's sole power generation facility is the Lamma Power Station which has an aggregate installed capacity of approximately 3,700 megawatt (MW). The Company provides electricity to approximately 568,000 registered customers on Hong Kong Island and Lamma Island.

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