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Central Puerto (Central Puerto) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.02% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Central Puerto Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Central Puerto's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $923.3 Mil. Central Puerto's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $-105.6 Mil. Central Puerto's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 3.02%.

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

CEPU' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -80.42   Med: 40.61   Max: 372.09
Current: -6.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Central Puerto was 372.09%. The lowest was -80.42%. And the median was 40.61%.

CEPU's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
84.73% of 524 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 6.935 vs CEPU: -6.98

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) %. Central Puerto's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 14.33%. 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.


Central Puerto Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Central Puerto Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Central Puerto Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 85.47 38.17 44.05 17.89 9.64

Central Puerto Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 50.25 9.64 0.55 2.03 3.02

Competitive Comparison of Central Puerto's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Central Puerto'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.


Central Puerto's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

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



Central Puerto 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.

Central Puertos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=191.517/974.69688
=19.65 %

Central Puerto's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-105.6 Mil.



Central Puerto  (NYSE:CEPU) 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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Central Puerto (Central Puerto) Business Description

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Avenida Thomas Edison 2701, Darsena E, Buenos Aires, ARG, C1104BAB
Central Puerto SA is a private sector power generation company. It is mainly engaged in electric power generation and commercialization. The company is also involved in the natural gas distribution public sector service in the Cuyo and Centro regions in Argentina. The Group has three reporting segments: production of electric power from conventional sources, production of electric power from renewable sources and natural gas transport and distribution. The company derives maximum revenue from Electric Power Generation from conventional sources segment.