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Asahi Kasei (Asahi Kasei) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -2.85% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Asahi Kasei Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Asahi Kasei's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $15,562 Mil. Asahi Kasei's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-525 Mil. Asahi Kasei's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -2.85%.

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

AHKSY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.2   Med: 9.56   Max: 16.03
Current: -3.68

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Asahi Kasei was 16.03%. The lowest was -4.20%. And the median was 9.56%.

AHKSY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
86.91% of 1574 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 4.215 vs AHKSY: -3.68

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) %. Asahi Kasei's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -13.98%. 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.


Asahi Kasei Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Asahi Kasei Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Asahi Kasei Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.63 10.09 6.89 10.73 -2.74

Asahi Kasei 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 6.44 -2.74 -4.01 -4.02 -2.85

Competitive Comparison of Asahi Kasei's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Chemicals subindustry, Asahi Kasei'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.


Asahi Kasei's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Asahi Kasei's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Asahi Kasei 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.

Asahi Kaseis Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-418.953/15364.43132
=-2.73 %

Asahi Kasei'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 $-525 Mil.



Asahi Kasei  (OTCPK:AHKSY) 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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Asahi Kasei (Asahi Kasei) Business Description

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1-105 Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 101-8101
Asahi Kasei Corp is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, sells a variety of products and services. The firm is organized into four segments based on product or service. The chemicals and fibers segment, which generates the most revenue of any segment, sells ammonia-based products including plastic compounds and cellulose fiber. The homes and construction segment builds residential houses and sells thermal insulation. The electronics segment sells components for mobile phones including electronic compasses and lithium-ion battery separators. The healthcare segment sells medical devices including blood purification, blood transfusion, and bioprocess products. The majority of revenue comes from Japan.

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