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Generation Asia I Acquisition (Generation Asia I Acquisition) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.79% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Generation Asia I Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Generation Asia I Acquisition's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $169.23 Mil. Generation Asia I Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.34 Mil. Generation Asia I Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -0.79%.

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

GAQ' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.5   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -1.5

GAQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
61.3% of 664 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: -1.685 vs GAQ: -1.50

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) %. Generation Asia I Acquisition's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00%. 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.


Generation Asia I Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Generation Asia I Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
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Generation Asia I Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Generation Asia I Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -0.33 -0.71

Generation Asia I Acquisition Quarterly Data
Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 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 -0.33 -0.35 -0.73 -0.71 -0.79

Competitive Comparison of Generation Asia I Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Generation Asia I Acquisition'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.


Generation Asia I Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Generation Asia I Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Generation Asia I Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Generation Asia I Acquisition 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.

Generation Asia I Acquisitions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.186/166.210514
=-0.71 %

Generation Asia I Acquisition'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 $-1.34 Mil.



Generation Asia I Acquisition  (NAS:GAQ) 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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Generation Asia I Acquisition (Generation Asia I Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Cricket Square, Boundary Hall, Grand Cayman, CYM, KY1-1102
Generation Asia I Acquisition Ltd is a blank check company.
Executives
Mei Gao director 101 CENTRAL PARK WEST, 4B, NEW YORK NY 10023
Sunghwan Cho director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Roy Kuan director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 68 YEE WO STREET, 18/F, CAUSEWAY BAY K3 00000
Kwok Catherine Chung Ka officer: Chief Financial Officer TWO EXCHANGE SQUARE, SUITE 3102, 8 CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG K3
Norimitsu Niwa director, officer: Chief Operating Officer TWO EXCHANGE SQUARE, SUITE 3102, 8 CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG K3
Gary Wb Chan director TWO EXCHANGE SQUARE, SUITE 3102, 8 CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG K3

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