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Zumtobel Group AG (WBO:ZAG) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 14.14% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Zumtobel Group AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Zumtobel Group AG's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €353 Mil. Zumtobel Group AG's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was €50 Mil. Zumtobel Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 14.14%.

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

WBO:ZAG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.85   Med: 4.34   Max: 21.97
Current: 14.09

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Zumtobel Group AG was 21.97%. The lowest was -4.85%. And the median was 4.34%.

WBO:ZAG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
86.86% of 3037 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.44 vs WBO:ZAG: 14.09

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) %. Zumtobel Group AG's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 37.04%. 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.


Zumtobel Group AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zumtobel Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Zumtobel Group AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Zumtobel Group AG Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.01 7.80 9.30 14.12 19.46

Zumtobel Group AG Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 17.79 19.46 17.15 17.79 14.14

Competitive Comparison of Zumtobel Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Zumtobel Group 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.


Zumtobel Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Zumtobel Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zumtobel Group AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Zumtobel Group 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.

Zumtobel Group AGs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=76.903/395.551504
=19.44 %

Zumtobel Group AG's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €50 Mil.



Zumtobel Group AG  (WBO:ZAG) 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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Zumtobel Group AG (WBO:ZAG) Business Description

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Hochster Strasse 8, Dornbirn, AUT, A-6850
Zumtobel Group AG supplies lighting solutions, lighting components, and associated services. The company also manufactures and hardware and software for lighting systems (LED light sources and LED drivers, sensors, and lighting management). It provides consultation on smart lighting controls and emergency lighting systems, light contracting, design services, and project management of turnkey lighting solutions, as well as new, data-based services focused on delivering connectivity for buildings and municipalities via the lighting infrastructure. The operating segments of the group are the Lighting segment and Components segment, of which a majority of revenue is generated from the Lighting segment, The group has a business presence all around the globe.

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