What is Meridian Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Meridian Energy's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,272 Mil.
Meridian Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $111 Mil. Meridian Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Meridian Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
MDDNF'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.86 Med: 4.15 Max: 17.67
Current: 0.96
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Meridian Energy was 17.67%. The lowest was 0.86%. And the median was 4.15%.
MDDNF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than 70.72% of 444
companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 4.58
vs MDDNF: 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) %. Meridian Energy'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.
Meridian Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Meridian Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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Meridian Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Meridian Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Meridian Energy'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.
Meridian Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry
For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Meridian Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Meridian Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Meridian Energy 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.
Meridian Energys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as
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.
Meridian Energy (OTCPK:MDDNF) 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.
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Meridian Energy (Meridian Energy) Business Description
Meridian is New Zealand's largest electricity generator, operating hydro stations and wind farms in New Zealand. Nearly 90% of its electricity is generated from low-cost hydro power plants, with wind making up the rest. The company's main competitors are vertically integrated firms, such as Mercury NZ, Genesis Energy, Contact Energy, and Trustpower.
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