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HHG Capital (HHG Capital) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.98% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is HHG Capital Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

HHG Capital's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $56.35 Mil. HHG Capital's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.55 Mil. HHG Capital's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.98%.

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

HHGC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.13   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -0.96

HHGC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
59.21% of 657 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: -1.74 vs HHGC: -0.96

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) %. HHG Capital's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


HHG Capital Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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HHG Capital Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

HHG Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -0.19 -1.09 -0.98

HHG Capital Quarterly Data
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 -1.09 -0.78 -0.94 -1.05 -0.98

Competitive Comparison of HHG Capital's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, HHG Capital'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.


HHG Capital's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

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

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



HHG Capital 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.553/56.3462272
=-0.98 %

HHG Capital'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 $-0.55 Mil.



HHG Capital  (NAS:HHGC) 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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HHG Capital (HHG Capital) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1 Commonwealth Lane, No. 03-20, Singapore, SGP, 149544
Website
HHG Capital Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Ho Hock Lye Benjamin director C/O HHG CAPITAL CORPORATION, 1 COMMONWEALTH LANE, #03-20, SINGAPORE U0 149544
Siang Yong Chew director C/O HHG CAPITAL CORPORATION, 1 COMMONWEALTH LANE, #03-20, SINGAPORE U0 149544
Denise Cho director FLAT 26-C, TOWER 1, THE WATERFRONT,, 1 AUSTIN ROAD WEST, TST, KOWLOON, HONG KONG SAR F4 000000
Kok Wai Hooy 10 percent owner HOUSE 11, ASTRID HILL, SINGAPORE U0 269935
Chan Shuk Man Lora officer: Chief Financial Officer FT E, 17/F, BLK 8, THE WINGS,, 9 TONG YIN ST, TSEUNG KWAN O, N.T., HONG KONG F4 00000
Weiyi Di director 33 CAPE ROAD,, BLOCK AM CHUNG HOM KOK,, HONG KONG F4 00000
Wing Yin Hau director G/F, H23 HO SHEUNG HEUNG VILLAGE,, SHEUNG SHUI, N.T., HONG KONG F4 00000
Ting Tzu Fei Philip director 71, JALAN KUDALARI,, COUNTRY HEIGHTS, KAJANG, SELANGOR N8 43000
Kok Chee Shiong Keith director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 73 LORONG BULOH PERINDU 2, DAMANSARA HEIGHTS, KUALA LUMPUR N8 59000

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