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South Ocean Holdings (JSE:SOH) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 47.17% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is South Ocean Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

South Ocean Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R304 Mil. South Ocean Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was R143 Mil. South Ocean Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 47.17%.

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

JSE:SOH' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -27.9   Med: 13.82   Max: 89.44
Current: 38.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of South Ocean Holdings was 89.44%. The lowest was -27.90%. And the median was 13.82%.

JSE:SOH's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
97.27% of 3045 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.23 vs JSE:SOH: 38.31

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) %. South Ocean Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 17.94%. 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.


South Ocean Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for South Ocean Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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South Ocean Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

South Ocean Holdings 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 -5.08 34.25 66.67 40.16 47.17

South Ocean Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 66.67 - 40.16 - 47.17

Competitive Comparison of South Ocean Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, South Ocean Holdings'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.


South Ocean Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where South Ocean Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



South Ocean Holdings 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.

South Ocean Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=143.24/304.2567
=47.08 %

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.



South Ocean Holdings  (JSE:SOH) 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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South Ocean Holdings (JSE:SOH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
16 Botha Street, Alrode, ZAF, 1451
South Ocean Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The Company through its subsidiaries manufactures electrical wires, imports and distributes electrical accessories, general-purpose insulated wire, a range of flexible conductors, steel wire armored cables, flat-twin and earth cables, aluminum conductor steel reinforced (ACSR) cables, aerial bundle conductors (ABC) and surface wire investment company and light fittings assembly. The operating segments of the company include Electrical cable manufacturing and Property investments. The company earns maximum revenue by selling Copper cables The group operates in South Africa.

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