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The AES (The AES) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.37% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is The AES Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

The AES's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $42,284 Mil. The AES's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,423 Mil. The AES's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.37%.

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

AES' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.45   Med: 5.92   Max: 10.33
Current: 3.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The AES was 10.33%. The lowest was -0.45%. And the median was 5.92%.

AES's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
77.67% of 524 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 6.935 vs AES: 3.74

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) %. The AES's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -22.98%. 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.


The AES Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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The AES Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

The AES 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 6.00 4.22 -0.42 2.18 3.37

The AES 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 2.18 2.45 2.93 2.76 3.37

Competitive Comparison of The AES's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, The AES'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.


The AES's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, The AES's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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The AES 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.

The AESs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1423/42283.59025
=3.37 %

The AES'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 $1,423 Mil.



The AES  (NYSE:AES) 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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The AES (The AES) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4300 Wilson Boulevard, 11th Floor, Arlington, VA, USA, 22203
AES is a global power company. Its current generation portfolio as of year-end 2022 consists of over 32 gigawatts of generation including renewable energy (46%), gas (32%), coal (20%), and oil (2%). AES has majority ownership and operates six electric utilities distributing power to 2.6 million customers.
Executives
Tish Mendoza officer: Sr. VP & Chief HR Officer 4300 WILSON BOULEVARD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Ricardo Manuel Falu officer: SVP & Chief Operating Officer 4300 WILSON BLVD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Juan Ignacio Rubiolo officer: VP, MCAC SBU President 4300 WILSON BLVD., ARLINGTON VA 22203
Paul L Freedman officer: SVP and General Counsel 4300 WILSON BLVD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Santos Bernerd Da officer: Sr. VP and COO 4300 WILSON BOULEVARD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Andres Gluski officer: Executive VP & COO 4300 WILSON BOULEVARD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Stephen Coughlin officer: EVP and CFO 4300 WILSON BLVD., 11TH FLOOR, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Alain Monie director WORLDWIDE LEGAL DEPT 1600 E ST, SANTA ANA CA 92705
Julia M. Laulis director 210 E. EARLL DRIVE, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Maura Shaughnessy director 4300 WILSON BLVD., ARLINGTON VA 22203
Gerard M Anderson director ONE ENERGY PLAZA, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, DETROIT MI 48226
James H Miller director C/O CROWN HOLDINGS, INC., 770 TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD, YARDLEY PA 19067
Teresa Mosley Sebastian director 1000 DARDEN CENTER DRIVE, ORLANDO FL 32837
Jeffrey W Ubben director, other: See Remarks 1170 GORGAS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Tarun Khanna director 4300 WILSON BOULEVARD, ARLINGTON VA 22203

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