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Generac Holdings (Generac Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.16% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Generac Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,314 Mil. Generac Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $388 Mil. Generac Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.16%.

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

GNRC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.01   Med: 5.77   Max: 9.14
Current: 4.01

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Generac Holdings was 9.14%. The lowest was 2.01%. And the median was 5.77%.

GNRC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
54.51% of 3036 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.515 vs GNRC: 4.01

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) %. Generac Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 13.95%. 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.


Generac Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Generac Holdings'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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Generac Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.11 3.24 3.06 7.26 4.16

Generac Holdings 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 7.26 5.32 2.95 4.15 4.16

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Generac Holdings'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.


Generac Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Generac Holdings 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.

Generac Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=387.927/9314.148272
=4.16 %

Generac Holdings'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 $388 Mil.



Generac Holdings  (NYSE:GNRC) 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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Generac Holdings (Generac Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
S45 W29290 Highway 59, Waukesha, WI, USA, 53189
Generac Power Systems designs and manufactures power generation equipment serving residential, commercial, and industrial markets. It offers standby generators, portable generators, lighting, outdoor power equipment, and a suite of clean energy products. Sales generated in the United States account for the majority of total sales.
Executives
Aaron Jagdfeld director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O GENERAC HOLDINGS INC., S45 W29290 HWY.59, WAUKESHA WI 53187
Rajendra Kumar Kanuru officer: EVP, GC, Corp. Secretary S45 W29290 HIGHWAY 59, WAUKESHA WI 53189
Robert D Dixon director 7201 HAMILTON BOULEVARD, ALLENTOWN PA 18195-1501
Norman P Taffe officer: President Energy Technology 3901 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Russell S Minick officer: Executive Vice President Sales 414 EAST THIRD STREET, MUSCATINE IA 52761
Nam Tran Nguyen director S45 W29290 HIGHWAY 59, WAUKESHA WI 53189
York A. Ragen officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O GENERAC HOLDINGS INC., S45 W29290 HWY.59, WAUKESHA WI 53187
Patrick John Forsythe officer: Exec Vice President C/O GENERAC HOLDINGS INC., P.O. BOX 8, WAUKESHA WI 53189
Erik Wilde officer: EVP - NAM Industrial S45 W29290 HWY 59, C/O GENERAC HOLDINGS, INC., WAUKESHA WI 53189
Kyle Andrew Raabe officer: EVP Consumer Power S45 W29290 HIGHWAY 59, WAUKESHA WI 53189
Thomas F Pettit officer: Chief Operations Officer 5695 MERRY LANE, EXCELSIOR MN 55331
Marcia J Avedon director C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, 800-E BEATY STREET, DAVIDSON NC 28036
Roger Pascavis officer: Senior VP, Operations C/O GENERAC HOLDINGS INC., S45 W29290 HWY.59, WAUKESHA WI 53187
Jeffrey Lee Mueller officer: President/GM - Consumer Power GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., S45 W29290 HWY. 59, WAUKESHA WI 53189
Jenkins William D Jr director C/O PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC, 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054