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AeroVironment (AeroVironment) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -3.01% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is AeroVironment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

AeroVironment's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $3,356.4 Mil. AeroVironment's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $-100.9 Mil. AeroVironment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -3.01%.

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

AVAV' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.64   Med: 1.46   Max: 5.47
Current: -2.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of AeroVironment was 5.47%. The lowest was -7.64%. And the median was 1.46%.

AVAV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
79.35% of 310 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.635 vs AVAV: -2.29

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) %. AeroVironment's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.


AeroVironment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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AeroVironment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

AeroVironment Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.57 4.07 1.26 -0.65 -6.71

AeroVironment Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 0.19 -6.71 -5.88 -3.53 -3.01

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

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, AeroVironment'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.


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

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

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



AeroVironment 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-179.009/2669.742661
=-6.71 %

AeroVironment's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-100.9 Mil.



AeroVironment  (NAS:AVAV) 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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AeroVironment (AeroVironment) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
241 18th Street South, Suite 415, Arlington, VA, USA, 22202
AeroVironment Inc operates under a single business segment in which it supplies unmanned aircraft systems, tactical missile systems, high-altitude pseudo-satellites, and other related services to government agencies within the United States Department of Defense as well as the United States allied international governments. The systems can help with security, surveillance, or sensing, and provide "eyes in the sky" without needing an actual person, or driver, in the sky.
Executives
Mary Beth Long director 309 FRANKLIN STREET, ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Brian Charles Shackley officer: Chief Accounting Officer 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065
Cindy Kay Lewis director 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065
Trace E Stevenson officer: Sr. VP 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065
Brett P Hush officer: Sr. VP 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065
Jeff E Rodrian officer: Sr. VP 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93063
Phillip S Davidson director 825 TOWN & COUNTRY LANE, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Kevin Patrick Mcdonnell officer: Chief Financial Officer 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065
Stephen F Page director C/O AEROVIRONMENT, INC., 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065
Edward R Muller director C/O AEROVIRONMENT, INC., 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065
Charles Thomas Burbage director C/O AEROVIRONMENT, INC., 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065
Charles R Holland director C/O AEROVIRONMENT, INC., 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065
Melissa Ann Brown officer: VP, Gen. Counsel, Corp. Sec. 800 ROYAL OAKS DRIVE, SUITE 210, MONROVIA CA 91016
Alison Marie Roelke officer: VP People & Culture 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065
Timothy E Conver director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA 93065

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