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Logitech International (Logitech International) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.09% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Logitech International's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13,399 Mil. Logitech International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $517 Mil. Logitech International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.09%.

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

LOGI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -36.26   Med: 4.78   Max: 11.21
Current: 4.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Logitech International was 11.21%. The lowest was -36.26%. And the median was 4.78%.

LOGI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
57.66% of 2475 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.39 vs LOGI: 4.69

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) %. Logitech International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 20.03%. 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.


Logitech International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Logitech International'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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Logitech International Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.67 4.55 7.11 7.08 6.11

Logitech International 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 6.49 6.11 5.83 4.86 4.09

Competitive Comparison

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Logitech International'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.


Logitech International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Logitech International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Logitech International 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.

Logitech Internationals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=493.042/8173.44758
=6.03 %

Logitech International'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 $517 Mil.



Logitech International  (NAS:LOGI) 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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Logitech International (Logitech International) Business Description

Industry
Address
EPFL - Quartier de l'Innovation, Daniel Borel Innovation Center, Lausanne, CHE, 1015
Logitech was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. The company specializes in designing and manufacturing computer peripherals such as mice, keyboards, webcams, conference room cameras, headsets, and music-related products such as wireless speakers.
Executives
Samantha Harnett officer: General Counsel 1836 CLEMENS ROAD, OAKLAND CA 94602
Charles D Boynton officer: Chief Financial Officer
Prakash Arunkundrum officer: Head of Global Operations C/O LOGITECH INC., 7700 GATEWAY BLVD., NEWARK CA 94560
Kwok Wang Ng director C/O LOGITECH INC., 7700 GATEWAY BLVD., NEWARK CA 94580
Sascha Zahnd director C/O LOGITECH INC., 7700 GATEWAY BLVD., NEWARK CA 94580
Christopher Richardson Jones director 1501 FIRST AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 600, SEATTLE WA 98134
Patrick Aebischer director C/O LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A., LES CHATAGNIS, APPLES V8 1143
Nathan Olmstead officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O LOGITECH INC., 7700 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, NEWARK CA 94560
Riet Cadonau director C/O LOGITECH INC., 7700 GATEWAY BLVD., NEWARK CA 94560
Bracken Darrell officer: President 2000 M-63N, BENTON HARBOR MI 49022
Didier Hirsch director 5301 STEVENS CREEK BOULEVARD, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Neela Montgomery director C/O LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A., LES CHATAGNIS, APPLES V8 1143
Deborah Thomas director C/O HASBRO, INC., 1011 NEWPORT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET RI 02862
Guy Gecht director
Michael B Polk director 100 DEFOREST AVE, EAST HANOVER NJ 07936