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First Hartford (First Hartford) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.17% (As of Apr. 2018)


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What is First Hartford Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

First Hartford's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2018 was $225.86 Mil. First Hartford's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2018 was $13.95 Mil. First Hartford's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2018 was 6.17%.

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

FHRT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Real Estate industry.
Industry Median: 4.225
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. First Hartford's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2018 was 62.01%. 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.


First Hartford Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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First Hartford Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

First Hartford Annual Data
Trend Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.85 12.20 5.46 7.35 6.17

First Hartford Semi-Annual Data
Apr99 Apr00 Apr01 Apr02 Apr03 Apr04 Apr05 Apr06 Apr07 Apr08 Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18
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 2.85 12.20 5.46 7.35 6.17

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

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, First Hartford'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.


First Hartford's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

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

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



First Hartford 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.

First Hartfords Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=13.945/225.85592
=6.17 %

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.



First Hartford  (OTCPK:FHRT) 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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First Hartford (First Hartford) Business Description

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Address
149 Colonial Road, Manchester, CT, USA, 06042
First Hartford Corp is a real estate company. The company is engaged in the purchase, development, ownership, management, and sale of real estate. The company is engaged in two business segments namely Real Estate Operations and Fee for Service. The company generates maximum revenue from the Real Estate Operations segment.
Executives
Neil H Ellis director, 10 percent owner, officer: President PO BOX 1270 149 COLONIAL RD, C/O FIRST HARTFORD CORP, MANCHESTER CT 06045-1270
Barbara K Filippelli 10 percent owner 23 LAKEVIEW DR, PAWLING NY 12564
John Filippelli 10 percent owner 23 LAKEVIEW DRIVE, PAWLING NY 12564
Stuart I Greenwald director, officer: Secretary/Treasurer PO BOX 1270 COLONIAL RD, C/O FIRST HARTFORD CORP, MANCHESTER CT 06045-1270
Daniel B Harding director, officer: Vice President PO BOX 1270 COLONIAL RD, C/O FIRST HARTFORD CORP, MANCHESTER CT 06045-1270

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