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Hard Off Co (TSE:2674) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 11.39% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Hard Off Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Hard Off Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円23,447 Mil. Hard Off Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 円2,670 Mil. Hard Off Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.39%.

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

TSE:2674' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.2   Med: 11.37   Max: 25.95
Current: 9.68

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Hard Off Co was 25.95%. The lowest was 5.20%. And the median was 11.37%.

TSE:2674's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
75.42% of 1119 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 4.97 vs TSE:2674: 9.68

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) %. Hard Off Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Hard Off Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Hard Off Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Hard Off Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.70 9.26 6.26 15.53 14.14

Hard Off Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 13.46 14.14 11.92 11.90 11.39

Competitive Comparison of Hard Off Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Hard Off 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.


Hard Off Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Hard Off Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hard Off 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.

Hard Off Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2434.823/17215.646
=14.14 %

Hard Off Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was 円2,670 Mil.



Hard Off Co  (TSE:2674) 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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Hard Off Co (TSE:2674) Business Description

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Address
3-1-13 Shinei-cho, Niigata, JPN, 957-0063
Hard Off Corporation Co Ltd is a Japan-based company engaged in the reuse business. Its business activities include the purchase of used and unnecessary items from the customers, carry out repair, maintenance, inspection, and cleaning and sell to the customers. Products offered by the Hard Off Corporation include a personal computer, musical instruments, furniture, clothing for men; women; and children, trading cards, game, plastic model, toy, car supplies, bags and accessories, books, wine, champagne, beer, sake, and shochu.

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