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Logistics Development Group (LSE:LDG) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -4.69% (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is Logistics Development Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Logistics Development Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was £20.76 Mil. Logistics Development Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 was £-0.97 Mil. Logistics Development Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was -4.69%.

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

LSE:LDG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -96.99   Med: -83.51   Max: 4.06
Current: -5.58

During the past 10 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Logistics Development Group was 4.06%. The lowest was -96.99%. And the median was -83.51%.

LSE:LDG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
91.99% of 999 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.97 vs LSE:LDG: -5.58

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) %. Logistics Development Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 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.


Logistics Development Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Logistics Development Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Logistics Development Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Logistics Development Group Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -47.85 -6.14 2.64 14.20 -4.69

Logistics Development Group Semi-Annual Data
Nov14 Nov15 May16 Nov16 May17 Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
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 2.64 - 14.20 - -4.69

Competitive Comparison of Logistics Development Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Logistics Development Group'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.


Logistics Development Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Logistics Development Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Logistics Development Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Logistics Development Group 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.

Logistics Development Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.974/20.759914
=-4.69 %

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.



Logistics Development Group  (LSE:LDG) 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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Logistics Development Group (LSE:LDG) Business Description

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Address
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Logistics Development Group PLC is a logistics and supply chain company in the UK. The company provides transport, warehousing, rail, and freight logistics services to a range of UK and international customers.

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