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NEXON Co (NEXON Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.08% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is NEXON Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

NEXON Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $15,715 Mil. NEXON Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $966 Mil. NEXON Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.08%.

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

NEXOF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.42   Med: 9.08   Max: 22.65
Current: 7.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of NEXON Co was 22.65%. The lowest was 4.42%. And the median was 9.08%.

NEXOF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
72.81% of 581 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0 vs NEXOF: 7.47

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) %. NEXON Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.59%. 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.


NEXON Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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NEXON Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

NEXON Co 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 11.93 4.96 8.49 7.14 7.08

NEXON Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 7.14 6.87 7.71 8.06 7.08

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

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, NEXON 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.


NEXON Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, NEXON Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



NEXON 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.

NEXON Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=925.174/15715.488
=5.89 %

NEXON Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $966 Mil.



NEXON Co  (OTCPK:NEXOF) 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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NEXON Co (NEXON Co) Business Description

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1-4-5 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 106-0032
NEXON Co Ltd provides engaging, high quality, geographically unique games to international users through the development and service of PC online and mobile games. The company's major PC online titles include MapleStory and Dungeon&Fighter and their mobile games include HIT and DomiNations. The games are in approximately 200 countries including China, Korea, Japan, North America, and Europe. The PC segment is responsible for a majority of revenue, while the Mobile segment accounts for a smaller portion. Geographically, over half of the company's revenue is derived from China, roughly one quarter is derived from Korea, and the remainder is derived from Japan, North America, and Europe & Others.

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