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Xtra-Gold Resources (TSX:XTG) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -5.29% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Xtra-Gold Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Xtra-Gold Resources's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$36.08 Mil. Xtra-Gold Resources's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was C$-1.92 Mil. Xtra-Gold Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -5.29%.

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

TSX:XTG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.92   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -4.07

TSX:XTG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
68.39% of 2676 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -11.86 vs TSX:XTG: -4.07

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) %. Xtra-Gold Resources'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.


Xtra-Gold Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Xtra-Gold Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Xtra-Gold Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Xtra-Gold Resources 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 -5.67 -3.84 -7.86 -8.35 -5.29

Xtra-Gold Resources Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -8.35 -7.12 -7.09 -9.23 -5.29

Competitive Comparison of Xtra-Gold Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Gold subindustry, Xtra-Gold Resources'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.


Xtra-Gold Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Xtra-Gold Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Xtra-Gold Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Xtra-Gold Resources 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.

Xtra-Gold Resourcess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.91/36.079335
=-5.29 %

Xtra-Gold Resources'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 C$-1.92 Mil.



Xtra-Gold Resources  (TSX:XTG) 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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Xtra-Gold Resources (TSX:XTG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Shirley Street Plaza, Suite 2150, P.O Box AP 59217, Nassau, BHS
Xtra-Gold Resources Corp is a gold exploration company with a substantial land position in the Kibi Gold Belt. The Kibi Gold Belt, which exhibits many similar geological features to Ghana's main gold belt, the Ashanti Belt, has been the subject of very limited modern exploration activity targeting lode gold deposits as virtually all past gold mining activity and exploration efforts focused on the extensive alluvial gold occurrences in many river valleys throughout the Kibi area. Its mining portfolio consists of 225.87 sq km comprised of 33.65 sq km for the Kibi project, 51.67 sq km for Banso project, 55.28 sq km for Muoso project, 44.76 sq km for the Kwabeng project, and 40.51 sq km for the Pameng project, or 55,873 acres, pursuant to the leased areas set forth in mining leases.
Executives
Leon Van Der Merwe 10% Security Holder

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