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REF Holdings (HKSE:01631) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 57.80% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is REF Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

REF Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$25.1 Mil. REF Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$14.5 Mil. REF Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 57.80%.

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

HKSE:01631' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1361.81   Med: 22.18   Max: 2370.77
Current: 35.84

During the past 10 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of REF Holdings was 2370.77%. The lowest was -1361.81%. And the median was 22.18%.

HKSE:01631's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
95.68% of 1110 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.695 vs HKSE:01631: 35.84

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) %. REF Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 32.57%. 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.


REF Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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REF Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

REF Holdings 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 -54.64 -31.35 11.15 29.24 57.80

REF Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 11.15 - 29.24 - 57.80

Competitive Comparison of REF Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, REF Holdings'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.


REF Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, REF Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



REF Holdings 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=14.503/25.138
=57.69 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



REF Holdings  (HKSE:01631) 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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REF Holdings (HKSE:01631) Business Description

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Address
The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central, Units 5906–5912, 59th Floor, Hong Kong, HKG
REF Holdings Ltd provides financial printing which comprises cover printing of listing documents, financial reports, compliance documents, and other documents. The services portfolio of the company includes typesetting, proofreading, translation, design, printing, web submitting, and newspaper placement to distribution. In addition, it also provides conference room facilities. The majority of its revenue is earned through the Hong Kong market. It operates in one segment namely the provision of financial printing services.

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