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Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC (KUW:KUWAITRE) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.77% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD117.06 Mil. Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD2.07 Mil. Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.77%.

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

KUW:KUWAITRE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -85.5   Med: 11.87   Max: 23.86
Current: 2.18

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC was 23.86%. The lowest was -85.50%. And the median was 11.87%.

KUW:KUWAITRE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
60.44% of 498 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 6.07 vs KUW:KUWAITRE: 2.18

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) %. Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 14.97%. 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.


Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC 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 21.93 15.95 12.61 13.35 -

Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC 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 12.22 -42.02 -36.63 - 1.77

Competitive Comparison of Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Insurance - Reinsurance subindustry, Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC'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.


Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC 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.

Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSCs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0/94.8405
= %

Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC'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 KWD2.07 Mil.



Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC  (KUW:KUWAITRE) 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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Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC (KUW:KUWAITRE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Al-Shuhada's Street, Kuwait Return Tower- 8, 9, 13 Floors, Al Sharq District, Kuwait, KWT
Kuwait Reinsurance Co KSC operates as a reinsurance company. It provides traditional and tailored reinsurance solutions to its customers in the energy sector in Kuwait. The company provides tailored risk solutions for a variety of industries. Their operating segments include Fire, General Accident, Marine, Energy, Aviation, and life. The majority of the revenue is derived from its fire insurance business. The company's activities are spread across Kuwait, the Middle East, and North Africa.

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