What is LHC Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
LHC Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was $5,883 Mil.
LHC Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 was $109 Mil. LHC Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 1.84%.
The historical rank and industry rank for LHC Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
LHCG'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.69 Med: 5.28 Max: 16.1
Current: 1.77
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of LHC Group was 16.10%. The lowest was -3.69%. And the median was 5.28%.
LHCG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.64
vs LHCG: 1.77
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) %. LHC Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 12.88%. 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.
LHC Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for LHC Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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LHC Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of LHC Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, LHC Group'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.
LHC Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry
For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, LHC Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where LHC Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
LHC Group 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.
LHC Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as
LHC Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $109 Mil.
LHC Group (NAS:LHCG) 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.
LHC Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
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LHC Group Inc provides post-acute health care services to patients through its home nursing agencies, community-based services agencies, hospice agencies, and long-term acute care hospitals. The company's home health service locations offer a wide range of services, including skilled nursing, medically-oriented social services and physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Its hospices provide end-of-life care to patients with terminal illnesses through interdisciplinary teams of physicians, nurses, home health aides, counselors, and volunteers. Its other service segments are Home and community based, Facility-based, Hospice and Healthcare Innovations. The company derives most of its revenues from the Home health services.
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