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Air Canada (TSX:AC) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 26.18% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Air Canada Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Air Canada's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$12,011 Mil. Air Canada's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was C$3,142 Mil. Air Canada's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 26.18%.

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

TSX:AC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -36.93   Med: 9.25   Max: 33.7
Current: 25.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Air Canada was 33.70%. The lowest was -36.93%. And the median was 9.25%.

TSX:AC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
91.59% of 999 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.97 vs TSX:AC: 25.19

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) %. Air Canada's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


Air Canada Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Air Canada Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Air Canada 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 13.97 -32.36 -21.46 -4.11 26.18

Air Canada 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 -4.11 1.37 8.98 24.45 26.18

Competitive Comparison of Air Canada's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Airlines subindustry, Air Canada'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.


Air Canada's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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



Air Canada 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=3142/12010.78561
=26.16 %

Air Canada'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 C$3,142 Mil.



Air Canada  (TSX:AC) 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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Air Canada (TSX:AC) Business Description

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Air Canada is Canada's largest airline, generally serving nearly 50 million passengers each year together with its low-cost sub-brand called Rouge and contracts for regional connection flights to its network. Air Canada is a sixth freedom airline, similar to Gulf carriers, which flies many U.S. nationals on long-haul trips with a layover in Canada. In 2022, the company generated CAD 16.6 billion in total revenue, down from CAD 19 billion in 2019 as the airline is still recovering from the pandemic and related travel restrictions.

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