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Gencor Industries (Gencor Industries) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 11.12% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Gencor Industries's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $132.0 Mil. Gencor Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.7 Mil. Gencor Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.12%.

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

GENC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -753.24   Med: 9.24   Max: 8957.3
Current: 10.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Gencor Industries was 8957.30%. The lowest was -753.24%. And the median was 9.24%.

GENC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
65.24% of 210 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 6.755 vs GENC: 10.24

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) %. Gencor Industries's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.30%. 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.


Gencor Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Gencor Industries Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.64 14.97 1.55 12.41 12.64

Gencor Industries 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) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.47 8.85 8.86 12.64 11.12

Competitive Comparison

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Gencor Industries'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.


Gencor Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Gencor Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gencor Industries 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.

Gencor Industriess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=13.425/106.158301
=12.65 %

Gencor Industries'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 $14.7 Mil.



Gencor Industries  (AMEX:GENC) 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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Gencor Industries (Gencor Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
5201 North Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL, USA, 32810
Gencor Industries Inc and its subsidiaries is a manufacturer of heavy machinery used in the production of highway construction materials and environmental control equipment. The Company has one reporting segment, equipment for the highway construction industry. The firm's principal products include asphalt plants, combustion systems, hot mix asphalt plants, fluid heat transfer systems, and asphalt pavers.
Executives
Jeanne M Lyons officer: Secretary 5201 N. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO FL 32810
Ketcham Walter A Jr director 5201 N ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO FL 32810
Thomas A. Vecchiolla director 601 QUEEN STREET, ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Eric E Mellen officer: CFO 5201 N. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO FL 32810
James P Sharp director 5201 N. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO FL 32810
Marc G Elliott officer: Pres., Const. Equip. Group 5201 N ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO FL 32810
John G Coburn director 10505 GUNSTON ROAD, HORTON VA 22079
Sherry Houtkin 10 percent owner 3900 ISLAND BLVD., PENTHOUSE 4, AVENTURA FL 33160
David Air director PO BOX 1188, DUNDEE FL 33838
Dondero Cort J director
Lawrence C Maingot officer: Vice President and Controller 5201 N. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO FL 32810
Dennis Bryan Hunt officer: Senior Vice President 2790 MARSH WREN CIRCLE, LONGWOOD FL 32779
Lawrence K Miles officer: Vice President Product Support 5201 N. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO FL 32810
Lowell Raymond Adams officer: CFO and Treasurer 1722 SE HALYARD LANE, VANCOUVER WA 98661
Robert A Mifflin officer: Interim CFO 5201 N. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO FL 32810

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