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Zion Oil & Gas (Zion Oil & Gas) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -16.45% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Zion Oil & Gas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Zion Oil & Gas's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $47.51 Mil. Zion Oil & Gas's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-7.87 Mil. Zion Oil & Gas's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -16.45%.

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

ZNOG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -208.33   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -17.42

ZNOG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
85.95% of 1096 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.445 vs ZNOG: -17.42

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) %. Zion Oil & Gas'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.


Zion Oil & Gas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zion Oil & Gas's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Zion Oil & Gas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Zion Oil & Gas Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -32.36 -3.16 -18.66 -32.89 -16.45

Zion Oil & Gas 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 -32.89 -19.57 -25.32 -18.62 -16.45

Competitive Comparison of Zion Oil & Gas's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Zion Oil & Gas'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.


Zion Oil & Gas's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Zion Oil & Gas's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zion Oil & Gas's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Zion Oil & Gas 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.

Zion Oil & Gass Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-7.82/47.5122247
=-16.46 %

Zion Oil & Gas'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 $-7.87 Mil.



Zion Oil & Gas  (OTCPK:ZNOG) 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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Zion Oil & Gas (Zion Oil & Gas) Business Description

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12655 North Central Expressway, Suite 1000, Dallas, TX, USA, 75243
Zion Oil & Gas Inc is the United States-based oil and gas exploration and production company. Zion currently holds one active petroleum exploration license onshore Israel, the Megiddo-Jezreel License covering an area of approximately 99,000 acres.
Executives
Pandji Christiaan Putra director 12655 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, 1000, DALLAS TX 75243
Starr Frank F Ii director 420 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 200, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Javier A Mazon director 12655 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75231
Amotz Agnon director 9 HALAMISH STREET, CAESAREA L3 3088900
Gene Scammahorn director 3504 LAKEBLUFF WAY, PLANO TX 75093
Virginia Prodan director 12655 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75243
John Seery director 12655 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75243
Brad Dacus director 12655 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75243
Sarah Caygill director 47 AVENUE BLANC, 7TH FLOOR, GENEVA V8 1202
Jeffrey Moskowitz director, officer: SVP of Israel Branch 9 HALAMISH STREET, CAESAREA L3 L3
Lee R Russell director 12655 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75243
Croswell Michael B. Jr. officer: CFO 12655 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, DALLAS TX 75243
Robert William Dunn director, officer: CEO 12655 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1000, DALLAS TX 75243
William H Avery officer: Corp. Executive Vice President 9480 GATETRAIL, DALLAS TX 75238
Victor G Carrillo director, officer: President & COO 10520 GALSWORTHY LANE, AUSTIN TX 78739

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