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Dorsett Hospitality International (FRA:KHT) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.71% (As of Mar. 2015)


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What is Dorsett Hospitality International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Dorsett Hospitality International's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was €0.0 Mil. Dorsett Hospitality International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2015 was €34.7 Mil. Dorsett Hospitality International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was 4.71%.

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

FRA:KHT' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.2   Med: 8.7   Max: 14.1
Current: 4.3

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Dorsett Hospitality International was 14.10%. The lowest was 4.20%. And the median was 8.70%.

FRA:KHT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Travel & Leisure industry.
Industry Median: 4.18 vs FRA:KHT: 4.30

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) %. Dorsett Hospitality International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was -10.18%. 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.


Dorsett Hospitality International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dorsett Hospitality International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Dorsett Hospitality International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Dorsett Hospitality International Annual Data
Trend Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- 13.16 10.54 8.26 4.71

Dorsett Hospitality International Semi-Annual Data
Sep09 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.54 - 8.26 - 4.71

Competitive Comparison of Dorsett Hospitality International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Lodging subindustry, Dorsett Hospitality International'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.


Dorsett Hospitality International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dorsett Hospitality International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dorsett Hospitality International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Dorsett Hospitality International 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.

Dorsett Hospitality Internationals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2015 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=37.872/0
= %

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.



Dorsett Hospitality International  (FRA:KHT) 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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Dorsett Hospitality International (FRA:KHT) Business Description

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Dorsett Hospitality International Ltd owns, operates & manages chain of hotels under brand Dorsett Hotels, D.Collection hotels and Silka Hotels in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chengdu, Singapore, Malaysia, Johor and London with 23 hotels in operation.

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