What is Elbit Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Elbit Systems's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10,741 Mil.
Elbit Systems's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $305 Mil. Elbit Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.95%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Elbit Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
ESLT'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.9 Med: 5.68 Max: 10.98
Current: 3
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Elbit Systems was 10.98%. The lowest was 2.90%. And the median was 5.68%.
ESLT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 53.85% of 312
companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.575
vs ESLT: 3.00
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) %. Elbit Systems's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.08%. 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.
Elbit Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Elbit Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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Elbit Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Elbit Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Elbit Systems'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.
Elbit Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry
For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Elbit Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Elbit Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Elbit Systems 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.
Elbit Systemss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Elbit Systems'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 $305 Mil.
Elbit Systems (NAS:ESLT) 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.
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Elbit Systems (Elbit Systems) Business Description
Elbit Systems Ltd is a technology company involved in producing a portfolio of systems and products for aircraft, land, and naval applications. The company's products are used for defense, homeland security, and commercial flight capabilities. Its systems and solutions may be installed on new platforms, or it may perform a comprehensive modernization program to transform a platform. Elbit Systems gives instructions to its customers on the proper maintenance of its products and will provide support team specialists when the customer cannot fix a problem. The company markets its systems and products as a prime contractor or as a subcontractor to government, defense, and homeland security contractors world wide.
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