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Li3 Lithium (TSXV:LILI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -144.93% (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is Li3 Lithium Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Li3 Lithium's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was C$1.19 Mil. Li3 Lithium's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 was C$-1.72 Mil. Li3 Lithium's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was -144.93%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Li3 Lithium's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

TSXV:LILI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1425.67   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -303.03

TSXV:LILI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
98.14% of 2684 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -11.58 vs TSXV:LILI: -303.03

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) %. Li3 Lithium's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 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.


Li3 Lithium Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Li3 Lithium's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Li3 Lithium Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Li3 Lithium Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -96.15 -8.63 -45.66 -30.96 -144.93

Li3 Lithium Quarterly Data
Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23
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 -30.96 -21.46 -41.84 -52.63 -144.93

Competitive Comparison of Li3 Lithium's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Li3 Lithium'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.


Li3 Lithium's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Li3 Lithium's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Li3 Lithium's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Li3 Lithium 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.

Li3 Lithiums Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.717/1.1882945
=-144.49 %

Li3 Lithium's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$-1.72 Mil.



Li3 Lithium  (TSXV:LILI) 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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Li3 Lithium (TSXV:LILI) Business Description

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217 Queen Street West, Suite 401, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5V 0R2
Li3 Lithium Corp is focused on acquiring and developing hard rock spodumene lithium assets in Zimbabwe and Argentina. It focuses on HardRock Lithium and Mutare Lithium projects.

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