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HL Acquisitions (HL Acquisitions) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.70% (As of Sep. 2020)


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What is HL Acquisitions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

HL Acquisitions's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $75.08 Mil. HL Acquisitions's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2020 was $-1.27 Mil. HL Acquisitions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was -1.70%.

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

HCCH's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: -1.66
* 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) %. HL Acquisitions's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 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.


HL Acquisitions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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HL Acquisitions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

HL Acquisitions Annual Data
Trend Jun18 Jun19 Jun20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -0.64 -1.26

HL Acquisitions Quarterly Data
Mar18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.64 -0.95 -1.19 -1.26 -1.70

Competitive Comparison of HL Acquisitions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, HL Acquisitions'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.


HL Acquisitions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, HL Acquisitions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



HL Acquisitions 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.

HL Acquisitionss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.027/81.6044125
=-1.26 %

HL Acquisitions's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.27 Mil.



HL Acquisitions  (NAS:HCCH) 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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HL Acquisitions (HL Acquisitions) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
499 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10022
HL Acquisitions Corp is a blank check company. The company is formed for the purpose of acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.

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