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Donaldson Co (Donaldson Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.25% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Donaldson Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Donaldson Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $8,192 Mil. Donaldson Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $512 Mil. Donaldson Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 6.25%.

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

DCI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.06   Med: 5.84   Max: 7.51
Current: 5.6

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Donaldson Co was 7.51%. The lowest was 4.06%. And the median was 5.84%.

DCI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
58.22% of 3037 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.44 vs DCI: 5.60

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) %. Donaldson Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 11.26%. 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.


Donaldson Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Donaldson Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Donaldson Co Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.79 5.40 4.60 6.37 6.04

Donaldson Co 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 6.08 6.11 6.04 6.71 6.25

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

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Donaldson Co'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.


Donaldson Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Donaldson Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Donaldson Co 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.

Donaldson Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=487.9/8078.25545
=6.04 %

Donaldson Co'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 $512 Mil.



Donaldson Co  (NYSE:DCI) 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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Donaldson Co (Donaldson Co) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1400 West 94th Street, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55431
Donaldson is a leading manufacturer of filtration systems and replacement parts (including air filtration systems, liquid filtration systems, and dust, fume, and mist collectors). The company serves a diverse range of end markets, including construction, mining, agriculture, truck, and industrial. Its business is organized into three segments: mobile solutions, industrial solutions, and life sciences. Donaldson generated approximately $3.4 billion in revenue and $480 million in operating income in its fiscal 2023.
Executives
Willard D Oberton director 2001 THEURER BLVD, WINONA MN 55987
Ajita G Rajendra director A. O. SMITH WATER PRODUCTS COMPANY, 500 LINDAHL PARKWAY, ASHLAND CITY TN 37015
Guillermo Briseno officer: President PO BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440
James Owens director 1200 WILLOW LAKE BOULEVARD, P.O. BOX 64683, ST. PAUL MN 55164-0683
Douglas A. Milroy director PO BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440
Amy C Becker officer: Vice President P.O. BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1299
Scott J. Robinson officer: Senior Vice President P.O. BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1299
Christopher M. Hilger director PO BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440
Thomas R Scalf officer: Senior Vice President P.O. BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1299
Andrew C Dahlgren officer: President PO BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440
Wim Vermeersch officer: Vice President P.O. BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1299
Tod E. Carpenter director, officer: Chairman, President and CEO P.O. BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1299
Jeffrey E Spethmann officer: Senior Vice President P.O. BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1299
Sheila G. Kramer officer: Vice President P.O. BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1299
Richard Brent Lewis officer: Senior Vice President PO BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440