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Aluflexpack AG (XSWX:AFP) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 7.64% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Aluflexpack AG's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF262.1 Mil. Aluflexpack AG's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF20.2 Mil. Aluflexpack AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.64%.

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

XSWX:AFP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.91   Med: 2.69   Max: 8.49
Current: 5.56

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Aluflexpack AG was 8.49%. The lowest was 0.91%. And the median was 2.69%.

XSWX:AFP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
50.5% of 402 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 5.695 vs XSWX:AFP: 5.56

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) %. Aluflexpack AG's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -14.34%. 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.


Aluflexpack AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Aluflexpack AG Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only 0.80 2.74 5.02 2.50 7.64

Aluflexpack AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.02 - 2.50 - 7.64

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Aluflexpack 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.


Aluflexpack AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Aluflexpack AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Aluflexpack 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=20.029/262.146
=7.64 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Aluflexpack AG  (XSWX:AFP) 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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Aluflexpack AG (XSWX:AFP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Alte Aarauerstrasse 11, Reinach, CHE, 5734
Aluflexpack AG provides flexible packaging and solutions. The company is engaged in producing a wide range of flexible packaging products and solutions by converting and refining aluminum foil, paper, and flexible films. It offers products such as Containers, Films and foils, Lacquered foil, Lids, pouches, and Printed foils. It provides its services to the confectionery, dairy, and pharmaceutical industries. It derives revenue from Switzerland and other countries.

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