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Flow Metals (XCNQ:FWM) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -43.86% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Flow Metals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Flow Metals's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$0.60 Mil. Flow Metals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was C$-0.26 Mil. Flow Metals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -43.86%.

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

XCNQ:FWM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -350.93   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -33.11

XCNQ:FWM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
75.2% of 2685 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -11.45 vs XCNQ:FWM: -33.11

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) %. Flow Metals's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 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.


Flow Metals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Flow Metals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Flow Metals Annual Data
Trend Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -8.08 -78.13 -169.49 -78.13

Flow Metals Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -42.92 -39.84 -78.13 -66.67 -43.86

Competitive Comparison of Flow Metals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Gold subindustry, Flow Metals'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.


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

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

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



Flow Metals 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.

Flow Metalss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.364/0.46621925
=-78.07 %

Flow Metals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$-0.26 Mil.



Flow Metals  (XCNQ:FWM) 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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Flow Metals (XCNQ:FWM) Business Description

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1111 Melville Street, 11th Floor, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3V6
Flow Metals Corp is a junior mineral exploration company focused on gold exploration projects in Canada. Its projects include Ashuanipi Gold Property in Quebec, New Brenda Property in British Columbia, and Sixty Mile Property in Yukon Territory. The Company operates in one reportable operating segment, the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Canada.

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