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China Railway Signalmmunication (HKSE:03969) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 39.84% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Railway Signalmmunication Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

China Railway Signalmmunication's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$13,106 Mil. China Railway Signalmmunication's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$3,375 Mil. China Railway Signalmmunication's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 39.84%.

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

HKSE:03969' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.99   Med: 13.62   Max: 29.69
Current: 8.8

During the past 10 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of China Railway Signalmmunication was 29.69%. The lowest was 4.99%. And the median was 13.62%.

HKSE:03969's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
57.36% of 999 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.96 vs HKSE:03969: 8.80

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) %. China Railway Signalmmunication's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -2.30%. 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.


China Railway Signalmmunication Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Railway Signalmmunication's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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China Railway Signalmmunication Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

China Railway Signalmmunication 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 22.62 72.46 46.51 43.86 39.84

China Railway Signalmmunication Quarterly Data
Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 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 43.86 13.51 17.36 39.84 -

Competitive Comparison of China Railway Signalmmunication's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Railroads subindustry, China Railway Signalmmunication'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.


China Railway Signalmmunication's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, China Railway Signalmmunication's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Railway Signalmmunication's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



China Railway Signalmmunication 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.

China Railway Signalmmunications Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=5214.025/13106.404
=39.78 %

China Railway Signalmmunication'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 HK$3,375 Mil.



China Railway Signalmmunication  (HKSE:03969) 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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China Railway Signalmmunication (HKSE:03969) Business Description

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Address
Automobile Museum South Road, CRSC Building, 1 Compound, Fengtai District, 20th Floor, Beijing, CHN, 100070
China Railway Signal & Communication Corp Ltd provides products and services on the entire industrial chain of rail transit control systems. The company's operating segments are the rail transportation control system segment which provides specialized three-in-one services of design and integration, equipment manufacturing, and system implementation services for rail transportation control systems, General project contracting segment engages in the provision of services relating to municipal and other construction projects, other segments mainly engage in trading. The firm generates a majority of its revenue from the rail transportation control system segment.

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