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Astrotech (Astrotech) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 53.19% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Astrotech Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Astrotech's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-22.37 Mil. Astrotech's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-11.89 Mil. Astrotech's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 53.19%.

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

ASTC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6546.35   Med: -49.17   Max: 454.02
Current: 56.82

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Astrotech was 454.02%. The lowest was -6546.35%. And the median was -49.17%.

ASTC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Aerospace & Defense industry.
Industry Median: 2.575 vs ASTC: 56.82

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) %. Astrotech'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.


Astrotech Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Astrotech Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Astrotech Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -65.36 -35.21 -140.85 28.82 62.50

Astrotech 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 33.67 40.82 62.50 54.95 53.19

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

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Astrotech'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.


Astrotech's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Astrotech's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Astrotech 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-11.06/-17.7067032
=62.46 %

Astrotech'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 $-11.89 Mil.



Astrotech  (NAS:ASTC) 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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Astrotech (Astrotech) Business Description

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Address
2105 Donley Drive, Suite 100, Austin, TX, USA, 78758
Astrotech Corp is a science and technology development company. The firm invents, acquires, and commercializes technological innovations sourced from internal research, universities, laboratories, and research institutions. The 1st Detect develops, manufactures, and sells chemical analyzers for use in the airport security, military, breath analysis markets. AgLAB develops a series of mass spectrometers for use in the agriculture market.
Executives
Robert N Mcfarland director C/O EZENIA, INC., 14 CELINA AVE, SUITE 17-18, NASHUA NH 03063
Russler Daniel T Jr director 2105 DONLEY DRIVE, SUITE 100, AUSTIN TX 78758
James Frank Becker director 283 HEMLOCK LANE, WEST CHICAGO IL 60185
Jaime Hinojosa officer: CFO 2028 E BEN WHITE BLVD STE 240-9530, AUSTIN TX 78741
Braden Michael Leonard 10 percent owner 156 S. FIRST STREET, ZIONSVILLE IN 46077
Thomas Wiley Wilkinson director 3 COLERIDGE LANE, AUSTIN TX 78746
Winn Interests, Ltd. 10 percent owner 800 N. SHORELINE, 1900 N. TOWER, CORPUS CHRISTI TX 78401
Mark Adams director 12130 HIGHWAY 3, BUILDING 1, WEBSTER TX 77598
William F Readdy director 12130 HIGHWAY 3, BUILDING 1, WEBSTER TX 77598
Ronald W Cantwell director 250 PARK AVE, SUITE 2020, NEW YORK NY 10017
Michael R. Humphrey director 401 CONGRESS AVE., SUITE 1650, AUSTIN TX 78701
Eric Stober officer: Chief Financial Officer 201 W. 5TH STREET, SUITE 1275, AUSTIN TX 78701
Pickens Thomas Boone Iii director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 12130 HIGHWAY 3, BLDG. 1, WEBSTER TX 77598
Sha-chelle Manning director 907 GEMINI STREET, HOUSTON TX 77058
Rajesh K Mellacheruvu officer: Chief Operating Officer 401 CONGRESS AVE, SUITE 1650, AUSTIN TX 78701