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Verbund AG (Verbund AG) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 11.60% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Verbund AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Verbund AG's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $34,412 Mil. Verbund AG's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,982 Mil. Verbund AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.60%.

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

OEZVY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.85   Med: 5.81   Max: 15.72
Current: 13.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Verbund AG was 15.72%. The lowest was 1.85%. And the median was 5.81%.

OEZVY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
86.55% of 446 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 4.6 vs OEZVY: 13.07

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) %. Verbund AG's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 23.44%. 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.


Verbund AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Verbund AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Verbund AG 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 6.07 3.92 3.58 8.28 11.60

Verbund AG 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 8.28 10.05 13.25 15.46 11.60

Competitive Comparison of Verbund AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Verbund AG'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.


Verbund AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Verbund AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Verbund AG 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=4035.58/34411.7076
=11.73 %

Verbund AG'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 $3,982 Mil.



Verbund AG  (OTCPK:OEZVY) 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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Verbund AG (Verbund AG) Business Description

Address
Am Hof 6a, Vienna, AUT, 1010
Founded in 1947 through a nationalization act, Verbund is the leading power producer in Austria. The Austrian state owns 51% of its capital. Hydro accounts for more than 90% of the total power output. Hydro power is generated from reservoirs and pumped storage plants in the Austrian Alps, and run-of-river plants in Austria and southern Germany. Total hydro capacity amounts to 8.4 GW. Verbund also owns the Austrian electricity grid through its fully owned subsidiary AP. In 2021, the firm acquired 51% of Gas Connect Austria, a gas transmission and distribution system operator. The group also owns one CCGT and is involved in trading and development of wind and solar capacity.

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