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Derwent London (LSE:DLN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -10.95% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Derwent London Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Derwent London's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £4,006.9 Mil. Derwent London's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £-439.1 Mil. Derwent London's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -10.95%.

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

LSE:DLN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -12.38   Med: 7   Max: 22.49
Current: -12.03

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Derwent London was 22.49%. The lowest was -12.38%. And the median was 7.00%.

LSE:DLN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
95.86% of 894 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.81 vs LSE:DLN: -12.03

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) %. Derwent London'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.


Derwent London Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Derwent London's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Derwent London Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Derwent London 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 5.65 -1.22 5.45 -6.22 -10.95

Derwent London Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 5.45 - -6.22 - -10.95

Competitive Comparison of Derwent London's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Derwent London'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.


Derwent London's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Derwent London's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Derwent London 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.

Derwent Londons Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-439.1/4006.8676
=-10.96 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Derwent London  (LSE:DLN) 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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Derwent London (LSE:DLN) Business Description

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Derwent London PLC is a London-focused real estate investment trust. Derwent owns, manages, and refurbishes office real estate in Central London. Within this region, the majority of the company's assets are located in the districts of London's West End, such as Fitzrovia. Properties in London's Tech Belt and the City Borders also represent significant parts of the company's real estate portfolio. Derwent derives nearly all of its revenue from tenants in the form of rental income structured in mid-to-long-term leases. Office buildings in the central West End are responsible for the majority of revenue generated. Media and advertising companies, professional and business services firms, and retail head offices are all fairly evenly represented among the company's tenants.

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