GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Basic Materials » Metals & Mining » Nation Gold Corp (XCNQ:NATN) » Definitions » Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

Nation Gold (XCNQ:NATN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 109.89% (As of Jan. 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2021. Start your Free Trial

What is Nation Gold Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Nation Gold's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$-0.14 Mil. Nation Gold's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was C$-0.15 Mil. Nation Gold's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 109.89%.

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

XCNQ:NATN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10213.53   Med: 0   Max: 721.15
Current: -625

During the past 3 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Nation Gold was 721.15%. The lowest was -10213.53%. And the median was 0.00%.

XCNQ:NATN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
99.03% of 2684 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -11.175 vs XCNQ:NATN: -625.00

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) %. Nation Gold's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 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.


Nation Gold Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nation Gold'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.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Nation Gold Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Nation Gold Annual Data
Trend Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -35.97 -135.14

Nation Gold Quarterly Data
Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -25.91 -135.14 -85.47 -5,000.00 109.89

Competitive Comparison of Nation Gold's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Gold subindustry, Nation Gold'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.


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

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

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



Nation Gold 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.

Nation Golds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.166/0.122794
=-135.19 %

Nation Gold's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$-0.15 Mil.



Nation Gold  (XCNQ:NATN) 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.


Nation Gold Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Nation Gold's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Nation Gold (XCNQ:NATN) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1095 West Pender Street, Suite 750, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 2M6
Nation Gold Corp is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral property assets. It has an interest in the Cattle Creek Project.

Nation Gold (XCNQ:NATN) Headlines

No Headlines