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BGOUF (Bang & Olufsen AS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.59% (As of Feb. 2025)


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What is Bang & Olufsen AS Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Bang & Olufsen AS's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was $258.5 Mil. Bang & Olufsen AS's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was $4.1 Mil. Bang & Olufsen AS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 1.59%.

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

BGOUF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -71.76   Med: -3.51   Max: 13.04
Current: 1.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Bang & Olufsen AS was 13.04%. The lowest was -71.76%. And the median was -3.51%.

BGOUF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
58.66% of 2448 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.38 vs BGOUF: 1.74

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) %. Bang & Olufsen AS's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five 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.


Bang & Olufsen AS Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bang & Olufsen AS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Bang & Olufsen AS Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Bang & Olufsen AS Annual Data
Trend May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -33.44 -0.29 0.74 -8.74 3.87

Bang & Olufsen AS Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
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 6.36 3.87 2.07 1.16 1.59

Competitive Comparison of Bang & Olufsen AS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Bang & Olufsen AS'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.


Bang & Olufsen AS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Bang & Olufsen AS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bang & Olufsen AS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.


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Bang & Olufsen AS 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.

Bang & Olufsen ASs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=7.246/176.75268
=4.10 %

Bang & Olufsen AS's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.1 Mil.



Bang & Olufsen AS  (OTCPK:BGOUF) 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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Bang & Olufsen AS Business Description

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Bang og Olufsen Alle 1, Struer, DNK, DK-7600
Bang & Olufsen AS designs, develops, and markets audio and video products including music systems, loudspeakers, television sets, and multimedia products. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from EMEA, Followed by Americas, and APAC. It generates maximum revenue from the Staged product category followed by On-the-go; Flexible Living Brand Partnering and other activities.

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