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Ascent Industries Co (FRA:SY4) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -30.30% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ascent Industries Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Ascent Industries Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €121.6 Mil. Ascent Industries Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was €-37.6 Mil. Ascent Industries Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -30.30%.

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

FRA:SY4' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -32.5   Med: 3.17   Max: 20.72
Current: -30.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Ascent Industries Co was 20.72%. The lowest was -32.50%. And the median was 3.17%.

FRA:SY4's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
97.81% of 638 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 6.765 vs FRA:SY4: -30.49

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) %. Ascent Industries Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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.


Ascent Industries Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ascent Industries Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Ascent Industries Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Ascent Industries Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.02 -17.95 9.99 7.69 -28.90

Ascent Industries Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -2.41 -11.09 -21.32 -28.90 -30.30

Competitive Comparison of Ascent Industries Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Steel subindustry, Ascent Industries Co'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.


Ascent Industries Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Ascent Industries Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ascent Industries Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Ascent Industries Co 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.

Ascent Industries Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-33.78/115.72602
=-29.19 %

Ascent Industries Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-37.6 Mil.



Ascent Industries Co  (FRA:SY4) 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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Ascent Industries Co (FRA:SY4) Business Description

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Address
1400 16th Street, Suite 270, Oak Brook, IL, USA, 60523
Ascent Industries Co is engaged in the chemical and metal industry. The group operates into two reportable segments namely the Ascent Tubular Products and the Specialty Chemicals Segment. The Tubular Products segment serves markets through pipe and tube and customers in the appliance, architectural, automotive and commercial transportation, brewery, chemical, petrochemical and other industries. The Specialty Chemicals segment produces specialty products for the pulp and paper, coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers (CASE), textile, automotive, household and other industries. It manufactures welded pipe and tube, majorly from stainless steel, duplex, and nickel alloys. The company also produces specialty chemicals and dyes used in various end markets.

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