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ecotel communication ag (XTER:E4C) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.29% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is ecotel communication ag Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

ecotel communication ag's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €57.8 Mil. ecotel communication ag's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was €2.5 Mil. ecotel communication ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.29%.

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

XTER:E4C' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.19   Med: 8.01   Max: 147.66
Current: 4.37

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of ecotel communication ag was 147.66%. The lowest was -3.19%. And the median was 8.01%.

XTER:E4C's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
56.35% of 394 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 5.455 vs XTER:E4C: 4.37

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) %. ecotel communication ag's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 24.78%. 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.


ecotel communication ag Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for ecotel communication ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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ecotel communication ag Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

ecotel communication ag 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 5.42 9.62 2.64 39.06 13.48

ecotel communication ag Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.64 11.60 14.86 13.48 4.29

Competitive Comparison of ecotel communication ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, ecotel communication ag'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.


ecotel communication ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, ecotel communication ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ecotel communication ag's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



ecotel communication ag 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.

ecotel communication ags Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=8.482/62.9085
=13.48 %

ecotel communication ag'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 €2.5 Mil.



ecotel communication ag  (XTER:E4C) 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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ecotel communication ag (XTER:E4C) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Prinzenallee 11, Dusseldorf, NW, DEU, 40549
ecotel Communication ag is a telecommunication company operating in Germany that provides a solution to customers involved in the IT and telecommunication industry. The company operates under business segments that is Ecotel Business customers, Ecotel Wholesale, and Easybell, Majority of the firm's revenue comes from Ecotel Business customers which offers business customers throughout Germany an integrated product portfolio of voice and data services (ICT solutions). The firm's sales are mostly generated in Germany.
Executives
Achim Theis Board of Directors
Holger Hommes Chief Financial Officer / Prokurist
Markus Hendrich Board of Directors

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