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§ Valuation ratios

OCF Yield %

OCF Yield % is a valuation or efficiency ratio used to compare price, enterprise value, cash generation, leverage, or capital returns across companies and time periods. Interpret it alongside growth, quality, and balance-sheet risk.

Formula
OCF Yield % = Annualized cash return or payout / current market value

OCF Yield % is a valuation or efficiency ratio used to compare price, enterprise value, cash generation, leverage, or capital returns across companies and time periods. Interpret it alongside growth, quality, and balance-sheet risk. In practice, OCF Yield % should be computed from a consistent source and period definition: quarterly, annual, trailing twelve months, or point-in-time balance sheet. The metric becomes more useful when it is trended over several periods and compared with peer medians, because industry accounting policies and business models can make absolute levels misleading. Because it is a ratio or percentage, confirm both numerator and denominator use the same period and that negative or near-zero denominators are handled explicitly. For report work, preserve the exact label, unit, percent sign, per-share basis, and any industry qualifier so the value remains searchable, auditable, and comparable across the glossary, models, and public pages.

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