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The Eastern Co (The Eastern Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.65% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is The Eastern Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

The Eastern Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $189.6 Mil. The Eastern Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.5 Mil. The Eastern Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.65%.

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

EML' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.05   Med: 8.81   Max: 14.79
Current: 5.72

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The Eastern Co was 14.79%. The lowest was 5.05%. And the median was 8.81%.

EML's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
59.27% of 3037 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.41 vs EML: 5.72

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) %. The Eastern Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.25%. 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.


The Eastern Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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The Eastern Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

The Eastern Co 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 6.37 6.46 8.91 8.96 7.65

The Eastern Co 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 8.96 7.89 6.69 5.93 7.65

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

For the Tools & Accessories subindustry, The Eastern 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.


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

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

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



The Eastern 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.

The Eastern Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=14.499/189.57814
=7.65 %

The Eastern Co'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 $14.5 Mil.



The Eastern Co  (NAS:EML) 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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The Eastern Co (The Eastern Co) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3 Enterprise Drive, Suite 408, Shelton, CT, USA, 06484
The Eastern Co manages industrial businesses that design, manufacture and sell engineered solutions to industrial markets. It operates in United States and Other Countries, and generates majority of the revenue from United States.
Executives
Frederick D. Disanto director 6060 PARKLAND, SUITE 200, CLEVELAND OH 44124
Mark Anthony Hernandez director 112 BRIDGE STREET, NAUGATUCK CT 06770
Michael J Mardy director
Charles W Henry director 62 TUNXIS VILLAGE, FARMINGTON CT 06032
James A Mitarotonda director, 10 percent owner 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 17TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10019
Nicholas Alec Vlahos officer: Chief Financial Officer 3 ENTERPRISE DRIVE SUITE 408, SHELTON CT 06484
Peter S. O'hara officer: Chief Financial Officer 112 BRIDGE STREET, NAUGATUCK CT 06770
Barington Capital Group L P director, 10 percent owner 888 SEVENTH AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Barington Companies Equity Partners L P director, 10 percent owner 888 SEVENTH AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Barington Companies Investors, Llc director, 10 percent owner C/O BARINGTON CAPITAL GROUP, L.P., 888 SEVENTH AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
James P. Woidke officer: Chief Operating Officer 112 BRIDGE STREET, NAUGATUCK CT 06770
Sullivan John L Iii officer: VP, Sect'y and Treas 13 CEDAR DRIVE, CROMWELL CT 06416
August M. Vlak officer: President & CEO 112 BRIDGE STREET, NAUGATUCK CT 06770
Peggy Scott director 15438 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, SUITE 201, TAMPA FL 33613
Angelo Labbadia officer: Vice President & COO 230 SYCAMORE DRIVE, PROSPECT CT 06712