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Saul Centers (Saul Centers) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.36% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Saul Centers Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Saul Centers's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,665.4 Mil. Saul Centers's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $116.2 Mil. Saul Centers's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.36%.

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

BFS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.32   Med: 4.18   Max: 5.44
Current: 4.78

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Saul Centers was 5.44%. The lowest was 3.32%. And the median was 4.18%.

BFS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
67.11% of 897 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.78 vs BFS: 4.78

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) %. Saul Centers's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.40%. 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.


Saul Centers Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Saul Centers Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Saul Centers 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 4.10 4.51 3.90 4.31 4.36

Saul Centers 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 4.31 4.39 4.48 4.55 4.36

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

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Saul Centers'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.


Saul Centers's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the REITs Industry

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

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



Saul Centers 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=116.224/2665.369483
=4.36 %

Saul Centers'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 $116.2 Mil.



Saul Centers  (NYSE:BFS) 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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Saul Centers (Saul Centers) Business Description

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Address
7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1500E, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20814-6522
Saul Centers Inc is a self-managed real estate investment trust which invests in, operates, and develops retail and commercial properties. The company's portfolio includes community and neighbourhood shopping centres, office properties, and mixed-use properties. Properties are primarily located in the Washington, D.C. and Maryland metropolitan areas. Saul Centers operates through two business segments: shopping centers, which contribute the maximum portion of total revenue; and mixed-use properties. Major tenants include grocery stores, discount department stores, and drug stores.
Executives
Saul B Francis Ii director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 8401 CONNECTICUT AVE, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Carlos Lawrence Heard officer: Senior Vice President & CFO 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20814
David Todd Pearson officer: Executive V.P.-Real Estate 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20895
Patricia Saul Lotuff director 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, 15TH FLOOR, BETHESDA MD 20814
John E Chapoton director BROWN INVESTMENT ADVISORY INCORPORATED, 1717 H STREET, NW, FIFTH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20006
H. Gregory Platts director 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, 15TH FLOOR, BETHESDA MD 20814
Clancy George Patrick Jr director 1100 H ST NW, WASHINGTON DC 20080
Philip D Caraci director
James Page Lansdale officer: Exec. VP - Real Estate 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20814
Joel Albert Friedman officer: Sr. V.P./Chief Acctng Officer 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20814
Mark Iii Sullivan director 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20814
John F Collich officer: Sr. VP-Acquisitions & Dev.
Lori Godby officer: Senior Vice Pres.-Residential 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20814
Judith K. Garland officer: SVP, Office and Retail 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1500, BETHESDA MD 20814
Willoughby B. Laycock director, officer: VP-Residential Development 7501 WISCONSIN AVE., SUITE 1400, BETHESDA MD 20814

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