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WestBond Enterprises (TSXV:WBE) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.43% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is WestBond Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

WestBond Enterprises's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$7.22 Mil. WestBond Enterprises's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.10 Mil. WestBond Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.43%.

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

TSXV:WBE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1162.04   Med: 6.23   Max: 231.46
Current: 1.43

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of WestBond Enterprises was 231.46%. The lowest was -1162.04%. And the median was 6.23%.

TSXV:WBE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
64% of 300 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 3.99 vs TSXV:WBE: 1.43

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) %. WestBond Enterprises's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 27.96%. 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.


WestBond Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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WestBond Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

WestBond Enterprises 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 6.20 9.51 11.52 7.50 9.34

WestBond Enterprises 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 9.88 9.34 2.98 1.86 1.43

Competitive Comparison of WestBond Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, WestBond Enterprises'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.


WestBond Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, WestBond Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



WestBond Enterprises 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.

WestBond Enterprisess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0.979/10.488934
=9.33 %

WestBond Enterprises'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 C$0.10 Mil.



WestBond Enterprises  (TSXV:WBE) 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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WestBond Enterprises (TSXV:WBE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7403 Progress Way, Unit 101, Delta, BC, CAN, V4G 1E7
WestBond Enterprises Corp is mainly engaged in manufacturing and selling disposable paper products for medical, hygienic, and industrial uses. The company operates in a single segment of Disposable Paper Products. Its products are categorized under Personal hygiene, Clinical, Long-term care, Non-clinical air-laid, and Other products. The company's product pipeline includes examination table paper, dental bibs, sheets, pillowcases, gowns, aprons, Jumbo Roll Bathroom Tissue, Conventional Bathroom Tissue, Towels such as Center Pull, Kraft Roll, and Single Fold, Roll Air Laid Wipes, among others.

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