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Hangzhou Century Co (SZSE:300078) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -18.15% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Hangzhou Century Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Hangzhou Century Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥3,913.2 Mil. Hangzhou Century Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥-710.6 Mil. Hangzhou Century Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -18.15%.

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

SZSE:300078' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -27.27   Med: 1.54   Max: 4.04
Current: -21.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Hangzhou Century Co was 4.04%. The lowest was -27.27%. And the median was 1.54%.

SZSE:300078's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
93.34% of 1111 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.62 vs SZSE:300078: -21.69

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) %. Hangzhou Century 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.


Hangzhou Century Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Hangzhou Century Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Hangzhou Century 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 1.47 0.79 -8.19 -15.15 -15.24

Hangzhou Century 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 -14.88 -17.76 -18.62 -15.24 -18.15

Competitive Comparison of Hangzhou Century Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Hangzhou Century 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.


Hangzhou Century Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Hangzhou Century Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hangzhou Century 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-717.744/4710.2803
=-15.24 %

Hangzhou Century 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 ¥-710.6 Mil.



Hangzhou Century Co  (SZSE:300078) 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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Hangzhou Century Co (SZSE:300078) Business Description

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Address
Shangcheng Economic, Scientific & Technological Park, 1418-48 Moganshan Road, Gongshu, Hangzhou, CHN
Hangzhou Century Co Ltd is engaged in providing electronic article surveillance (EAS) solutions and services. It also specializes in Radio Frequency Identification System (RFID) standardization, as well as the development and services of customized hardware products and industry application solutions. The company's EAS; Digital Display (ESL); Security Display; RFID and Source Tagging.
Executives
Wang Lin Executives
Lu Nan Director
Zhang Ji Directors, executives
Shou Jin Hua Supervisors
Wang Jun Supervisors
Zhang Li Zhong Directors, executives
Zhou Wei Li Executives
Shang Wei Executives
Yu Guo Hua Directors, executives
Lan Zong Zhu Director
Chen Wu Jun Directors, executives
Jiang Shi Ping Director
Wang Yong Supervisors

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