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China Energy Engineering (HKSE:03996) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.27% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Energy Engineering Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

China Energy Engineering's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$299,692 Mil. China Energy Engineering's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$12,118 Mil. China Energy Engineering's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.27%.

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

HKSE:03996' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.47   Med: 6   Max: 10.21
Current: 4.57

During the past 10 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of China Energy Engineering was 10.21%. The lowest was 4.47%. And the median was 6.00%.

HKSE:03996's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
61.42% of 1695 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.56 vs HKSE:03996: 4.57

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 Energy Engineering's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -44.17%. 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 Energy Engineering Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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China Energy Engineering Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

China Energy Engineering 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 15.08 11.44 9.55 8.65 7.27

China Energy Engineering Quarterly Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 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 11.19 8.65 4.54 4.56 7.27

Competitive Comparison of China Energy Engineering's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, China Energy Engineering'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 Energy Engineering's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=21777.715/299691.53
=7.27 %

China Energy Engineering'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$12,118 Mil.



China Energy Engineering  (HKSE:03996) 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 Energy Engineering (HKSE:03996) Business Description

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No. 26A West Dawang Road, Building 1, Room 01-2706, 1-24th Floor, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100022
China Energy Engineering Corporation Ltd comprehensive solutions provider for the power industry in China and internationally. It is mainly engaged in Survey, design, and consulting services; Construction and contracting; Industrial manufacturing; Investment and operation; and other businesses. The company generates the majority of revenue from construction and contracting services for large scale power generation, transformation and transmission projects of fossil-fuel power, hydropower, nuclear power, wind farm and solar power in China and overseas, as well as undertaking other types of construction projects, such as water conservancy facilities, transportation, municipal engineering, industrial and civil construction projects.

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