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Ambuja Cements (BOM:500425) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.86% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ambuja Cements Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Ambuja Cements's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹1,271,112 Mil. Ambuja Cements's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹61,770 Mil. Ambuja Cements's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.86%.

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

BOM:500425' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.69   Med: 6.46   Max: 16.49
Current: 4.67

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Ambuja Cements was 16.49%. The lowest was 0.69%. And the median was 6.46%.

BOM:500425's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
56.67% of 390 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 5.69 vs BOM:500425: 4.67

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) %. Ambuja Cements's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 13.92%. 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.


Ambuja Cements Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Ambuja Cements Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Ambuja Cements Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Mar24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.09 11.40 8.67 7.45 4.86

Ambuja Cements Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 2.92 1.94 3.73 4.33 4.86

Competitive Comparison of Ambuja Cements's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Building Materials subindustry, Ambuja Cements'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.


Ambuja Cements's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Ambuja Cements's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ambuja Cements 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.

Ambuja Cementss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=61770/1271112.364
=4.86 %

Ambuja Cements's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ₹61,770 Mil.



Ambuja Cements  (BOM:500425) 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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Ambuja Cements (BOM:500425) Business Description

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MIDC Cross Road ‘B’, Off Andheri-Kurla Road, Elegant Business Park, Andheri (East), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400059
Ambuja Cements Ltd manufactures and sells cement, concrete, and cement-related products to the building and construction industries. The company's portfolio of products includes Portland Pozolona cement and ordinary Portland cement. The vast majority of the firm's revenue is generated in India. Ambuja Cements has operations throughout India and uses a network of ports, bulk cement terminals, captive ships, and railroads to transport its products to both warehouses and directly to customers. The company also has a technical services team that partners with customers to teach concrete mixing and curing techniques.

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