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LG Energy Solution (XKRX:373220) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.14% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is LG Energy Solution Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

LG Energy Solution's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩110,066,374 Mil. LG Energy Solution's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩2,359,210 Mil. LG Energy Solution's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.14%.

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

XKRX:373220' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 1   Max: 2.57
Current: 2.54

During the past 4 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of LG Energy Solution was 2.57%. The lowest was 0.09%. And the median was 1.00%.

XKRX:373220's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
64.67% of 3037 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.41 vs XKRX:373220: 2.54

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) %. LG Energy Solution'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.


LG Energy Solution Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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LG Energy Solution Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

LG Energy Solution Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - 1.05 2.14

LG Energy Solution Quarterly Data
Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 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 1.05 1.13 1.59 1.97 2.14

Competitive Comparison of LG Energy Solution's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, LG Energy Solution'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.


LG Energy Solution's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, LG Energy Solution's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



LG Energy Solution 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2359212/110066374
=2.14 %

LG Energy Solution'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 ₩2,359,210 Mil.



LG Energy Solution  (XKRX:373220) 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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LG Energy Solution (XKRX:373220) Business Description

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Address
Yeongdeungpo-gu, Yeoui-daero, Seoul, KOR
LG Energy Solution, or LGES, is the third-largest battery maker for electric vehicles, or EVs, with about 14% global share in the first half of 2023, according to SNE Research. The EV battery segment is the largest revenue contributor, which accounted for close to 60% of total revenue in 2022. Besides EV batteries, LGES also manufactures batteries for mobility, mobile phones, laptops, electrical devices, and energy storage systems. The company was spun off from LG Chem's battery division in December 2020 and listed on the Korea Exchange in January 2022. It has global manufacturing facilities in Korea, China, Poland and the United States. Key customers include General Motors, Tesla, Volkswagen, Hyundai Motors and Stellantis.

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