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Conn's (Conn's) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.96% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Conn's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Conn's's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $1,765 Mil. Conn's's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $-35 Mil. Conn's's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -1.96%.

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

CONN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -8.93   Med: 5.81   Max: 12.72
Current: -1.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Conn's was 12.72%. The lowest was -8.93%. And the median was 5.81%.

CONN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
77.14% of 1120 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 4.855 vs CONN: -1.99

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) %. Conn's'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.


Conn's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Conn's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Conn's Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.16 2.13 10.78 -2.40 -1.96

Conn's 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 -2.40 -5.71 -7.48 -8.90 -1.96

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

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Conn's'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.


Conn's's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Conn's's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Conn's 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.

Conn'ss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-34.642/1765.39885
=-1.96 %

Conn's'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 $-35 Mil.



Conn's  (NAS:CONN) 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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Conn's (Conn's) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2445 Technology Forest Boulevard, Suite 800, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 77381
Conn's Inc is a United-States-based specialty retailer engaged in the sale of durable consumer goods and related services. The company operates through two segments. The retail segment sells a broad range of merchandise, including furniture and mattress products, home appliances, consumer electronics, and home office products. The credit segment provides credit solutions for credit-constrained consumers based on customer risk and income level. A material portion of the company's customers finances purchases through its credit segment. The company focuses its business on the U.S. and generates its revenue from the retail segment.
Executives
Stephens Group, Llc 10 percent owner 100 RIVER BLUFF DRIVE, SUITE 500, LITTLE ROCK AR 72202
Ann B Gugino director 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS ROAD, ST. PAUL MN 55120
Timothy P Santo officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2445 TECHNOLOGY FOREST BLVD., STE. 800, THE WOODLANDS TX 77381
Karen Hartje director 251 1ST AVENUE N, SUITE 200, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401-1672
Douglas H Martin director, 10 percent owner C/O STEPHENS INC, 111 CENTER ST, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Paula W. & John P. Calhoun Family Trust - Wmas 10 percent owner 111 CENTER STREET, SUITE 2300, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Warren Miles Amerine Stephens Family Trust One 10 percent owner 111 CENTER STREET, SUITE 2300, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Brian Daly officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 4055 TECHNOLOGY FOREST BLVD., STE. 210, THE WOODLANDS TX 77381
Warren A Stephens 10 percent owner 111 CENTER STREET, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Harriet C Stephens 10 percent owner C/O STEPHENS INC, 111 CENTER ST, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Was Family Trust Five 10 percent owner 111 CENTER STREET, SUITE 2300, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Stephens Warren A Trust Uid 9/30/87 10 percent owner C/O STEPHENS INC, 111 CENTER ST, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Thomas John Fenton officer: Chief Credit Officer 2445 TECHNOLOGY FOREST BLVD., SUITE 800, THE WOODLANDS TX 77381
Warren Miles Stephens 10 percent owner 111 CENTER STREET, SUITE 2300, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
John Calhoun Stephens 10 percent owner 111 CENTER STREET, SUITE 2300, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201