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Ceres Global Ag (TSX:CRP) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 9.93% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ceres Global Ag Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Ceres Global Ag's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$171 Mil. Ceres Global Ag's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was C$17 Mil. Ceres Global Ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.93%.

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

TSX:CRP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -17.12   Med: -2.11   Max: 12.14
Current: 8.44

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Ceres Global Ag was 12.14%. The lowest was -17.12%. And the median was -2.11%.

TSX:CRP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
63.32% of 319 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 6.25 vs TSX:CRP: 8.44

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) %. Ceres Global Ag'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.


Ceres Global Ag Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ceres Global Ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Ceres Global Ag Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Ceres Global Ag Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -9.40 7.62 3.13 1.22 -0.93

Ceres Global Ag 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 -12.64 -16.53 -0.93 5.56 9.93

Competitive Comparison of Ceres Global Ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Ceres Global Ag'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.


Ceres Global Ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ceres Global Ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ceres Global Ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Ceres Global Ag 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.

Ceres Global Ags Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.384/148.192135
=-0.93 %

Ceres Global Ag'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$17 Mil.



Ceres Global Ag  (TSX:CRP) 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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Ceres Global Ag (TSX:CRP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
701 Xenia Avenue S., Suite 400, Golden Valley, MN, USA, 55416
Ceres Global Ag Corp is engaged in the agricultural, energy, and industrial supply chains through sourcing, storing, transporting, and marketing of commodity-based products and raw materials. It has three operating segments. The Grain segment, which is the key revenue driver, is engaged in grain procurement and merchandising of specialty grains and oilseeds such as oats, barley, rye, hard red spring wheat, durum wheat, canola, and pulses. The Supply Chain Services segment utilizes the corporation's facilities to provide logistics services, storage, and transloading for commodities and industrial products. The Seed and Processing segment is engaged in soybean crush, specialty crops blending, birdfeed production, and seed distribution in Western Canada.

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