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Colbun (XSGO:COLBUN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 15.41% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Colbun Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Colbun's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was CLP3,518,442 Mil. Colbun's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was CLP521,885 Mil. Colbun's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 15.41%.

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

XSGO:COLBUN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.77   Med: 10.63   Max: 72.69
Current: 16.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Colbun was 72.69%. The lowest was 2.77%. And the median was 10.63%.

XSGO:COLBUN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
84% of 525 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 6.81 vs XSGO:COLBUN: 16.39

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) %. Colbun's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 24.86%. 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.


Colbun Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Colbun Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Colbun 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 8.95 5.27 35.71 16.92 15.41

Colbun Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.92 17.21 17.30 19.69 15.41

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

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Colbun'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.


Colbun's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Colbun's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Colbun 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=542186.618/3518441.823
=15.41 %

Colbun'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 CLP521,885 Mil.



Colbun  (XSGO:COLBUN) 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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Colbun (XSGO:COLBUN) Business Description

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Colbun SA is a Chilean origin utility company engaged in the electric power generation, transmission and distribution using a diverse field of natural energy resources. The company supplies energy to 18 large customers, among which 15 are regulated customers and three are free or industrial customers such as mining companies, transport services, and water treatment plants. Colbun owns and operates thermoelectric power stations and hydroelectric and hydro run-of-the-river power plants. It operates 23 power plants in Chile and one in Peru, through which it has a total installed capacity of around 3,852 MW.

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