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Sekisui Kasei Co (TSE:4228) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.25% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sekisui Kasei Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sekisui Kasei Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円52,752 Mil. Sekisui Kasei Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 円2,770 Mil. Sekisui Kasei Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.25%.

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

TSE:4228' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10.78   Med: 6.6   Max: 12.01
Current: 5.52

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sekisui Kasei Co was 12.01%. The lowest was -10.78%. And the median was 6.60%.

TSE:4228's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
61.09% of 1578 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 3.885 vs TSE:4228: 5.52

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) %. Sekisui Kasei Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -12.23%. 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.


Sekisui Kasei Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Sekisui Kasei Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sekisui Kasei 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 7.78 7.11 4.29 -8.86 6.05

Sekisui Kasei 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 4.36 6.05 6.21 7.48 5.25

Competitive Comparison of Sekisui Kasei Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sekisui Kasei 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.


Sekisui Kasei Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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



Sekisui Kasei 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2825/46705.2997
=6.05 %

Sekisui Kasei 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2,770 Mil.



Sekisui Kasei Co  (TSE:4228) 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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Sekisui Kasei Co (TSE:4228) Business Description

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2-4-4 Nishitenma, Kita-ku, Osaka, JPN, 530-8565
Sekisui Kasei Co Ltd is a plastic provider solution company. The company is engaged in manufacture and sale of foamed plastic and other plastic products. It operates in two segments, Human Life, and Industry. The products in human life segment include Eslen beads, Eslen sheet, Eslen wood, Interforms, ES molded products such as ES Dan mat, Eslen block used in agricultural and fishery materials, food packaging materials, distribution materials, construction materials, civil engineering materials. The products in Industry segment are Pioceran, Literon, Neomicrolen, Serpet, Techpolymer, Technogel, Techheater, Elastil, Formac, ST-LAYER used in automotive materials, vehicle parts packaging, industrial materials, industrial packaging, electronic component materials, medical and health materials.

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