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US Energy (US Energy) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -116.28% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is US Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

US Energy's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $27.61 Mil. US Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-32.40 Mil. US Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -116.28%.

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

USEG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -994.75   Med: -11.96   Max: 11.63
Current: -95.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of US Energy was 11.63%. The lowest was -994.75%. And the median was -11.96%.

USEG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
96.8% of 1094 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.57 vs USEG: -95.24

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) %. US Energy'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.


US Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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US Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

US Energy 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 -18.90 -25.32 -13.28 -3.50 -116.28

US Energy 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 -3.50 8.99 -1.01 -29.76 -116.28

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

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, US Energy'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.


US Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, US Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



US Energy 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-32.133/27.61443339
=-116.36 %

US Energy'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 $-32.40 Mil.



US Energy  (NAS:USEG) 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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US Energy (US Energy) Business Description

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Address
1616 S. Voss Rd., Suite 725, Houston, TX, USA, 77057
US Energy Corp is an independent energy company. It is focused on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas-producing properties in the continental United States. It has business activities in South Texas and the Williston Basin in North Dakota. The company generates revenue from its interest in the sales of oil and natural gas production.
Executives
Randall D Keys director 3 HICKORY SHADOWS DR, HOUSTON TX 77055
Mark L. Zajac officer: Chief Financial Officer 70 SILVERMONT DR, THE WOODLANDS TX 77382
Wallis T Marsh other: Member of 10% owner group 210 HERITAGE OAKS, HOUSTON TX 77024
King Oil & Gas Company, Inc. other: Members of 10% owner group 9821 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 805, HOUSTON TX 77024
Wdm Family Partnership, Lp 10 percent owner 210 HERITAGE OAKS LN, HOUSTON TX 77024
Katla Energy Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 1616 S VOSS RD, #530, HOUSTON TX 77057
Synergy Offshore Llc 10 percent owner, other: Member of 10% owner group 9821 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 805, HOUSTON TX 77024
Benjamin Andrew Stamets 10 percent owner, other: Member of 10% owner group 2121 SAGE ROAD, SUITE 325, HOUSTON TX 77056
Lubbock Energy Partners Llc 10 percent owner, other: Member of 10% owner group 1616 S. VOSS RD.,, STE 530, HOUSTON TX 77057
Lee Hightower 10 percent owner, other: Member of 10% owner group 9821 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 805, HOUSTON TX 77024
Duane H King director, 10 percent owner, other: Member of 10% owner group 9821 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 805, HOUSTON TX 77024
Llano Energy Llc other: Member of 10% owner group 2121 SAGE ROAD, SUITE 325, HOUSTON TX 77056
Banner Oil & Gas, Llc 10 percent owner, other: Member of 10% owner group 2121 SAGE ROAD, SUITE 325, HOUSTON TX 77056
Joshua Lane Batchelor director, 10 percent owner, other: Member of 10% owner group 2121 SAGE ROAD, SUITE 325, HOUSTON TX 77056
John A Weinzierl director, 10 percent owner, other: Member of 10% owner group MEMORIAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, LLC, 1301 MCKINNEY STREET, SUITE 2100, HOUSTON TX 77010

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