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Reconnaissance Energy Africa (TSXV:RECO) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -8.39% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Reconnaissance Energy Africa Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Reconnaissance Energy Africa's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$216.20 Mil. Reconnaissance Energy Africa's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was C$-18.13 Mil. Reconnaissance Energy Africa's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -8.39%.

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

TSXV:RECO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -39.45   Med: -17.88   Max: -4.2
Current: -8.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Reconnaissance Energy Africa was -4.20%. The lowest was -39.45%. And the median was -17.88%.

TSXV:RECO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
80.93% of 1091 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.56 vs TSXV:RECO: -8.98

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) %. Reconnaissance Energy Africa'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.


Reconnaissance Energy Africa Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Reconnaissance Energy Africa's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Reconnaissance Energy Africa Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Reconnaissance Energy Africa Annual Data
Trend Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Dec20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -23.81 -9.51 -15.80 -51.55 -3.16

Reconnaissance Energy Africa Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 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 -28.65 -4.20 -6.39 -5.67 -8.39

Competitive Comparison of Reconnaissance Energy Africa's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Reconnaissance Energy Africa'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.


Reconnaissance Energy Africa's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Reconnaissance Energy Africa's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Reconnaissance Energy Africa's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Reconnaissance Energy Africa 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.

Reconnaissance Energy Africas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-7.48/236.84756
=-3.16 %

Reconnaissance Energy Africa'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$-18.13 Mil.



Reconnaissance Energy Africa  (TSXV:RECO) 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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Reconnaissance Energy Africa (TSXV:RECO) Business Description

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Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd is a junior oil and gas company engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas in Namibia and Botswana. It holds a substantial interest in a petroleum exploration license in northeast Namibia which covers the entire Kavango sedimentary basin. The Company's operating segments are: the exploration and evaluation of its African assets; the oil and gas operations in Mexico; and the corporate segment. The Mexico segment derives its revenues solely from the production and sale of oil and natural gas from one customer.

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