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Micron Technology (Micron Technology) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -3.48% (As of Feb. 2024)
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Micron Technology's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $105,614 Mil. Micron Technology's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $-3,672 Mil. Micron Technology's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was -3.48%.

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

MU' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.05   Med: 8.04   Max: 44.35
Current: -2.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Micron Technology was 44.35%. The lowest was -7.05%. And the median was 8.04%.

MU's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
77.63% of 997 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 2 vs MU: -2.74

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) %. Micron Technology's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was -19.19%. 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.


Micron Technology Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Micron Technology'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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Micron Technology Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.68 6.39 7.89 16.26 -6.49

Micron Technology Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 3.56 -3.00 -6.49 -6.93 -3.48

Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Micron Technology'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.


Micron Technology Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Micron Technology 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.

Micron Technologys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-5270/81133.12
=-6.50 %

Micron Technology's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-3,672 Mil.



Micron Technology  (NAS:MU) 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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Micron Technology (Micron Technology) Business Description

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8000 South Federal Way, Post Office Box 6, Boise, ID, USA, 83716-9632
Micron is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, specializing in memory and storage chips. Its primary revenue stream comes from dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, and it also has minority exposure to not-and or NAND, flash chips. Micron serves a global customer base, selling chips into data centers, mobile phones, consumer electronics, and industrial and automotive applications. The firm is vertically integrated.
Executives
Sanjay Mehrotra officer: President & CEO C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 3355 MICHELSON DRIVE, SUITE 100, IRVINE CA 92612
Scott J Deboer officer: Vice President, R&D 8000 S FEDERAL WAY, MS 1-557, BOISE ID 83716
Scott R. Allen officer: CVP, Chief Accounting Officer 11690 N.W. 105TH STREET, MIAMI FL 33178
April L Arnzen officer: VP, Human Resources 8000 S FEDERAL WAY, MS 1-557, BOISE ID 83716
Michael W Bokan officer: SVP, WORLDWIDE SALES 8000 S FEDERAL WAY, MS 1-557, BOISE ID 83716
Sumit Sadana officer: EVP & Chief Business Officer 47544 AVALON HEIGHTS TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Richard M Beyer director 6501 WILLIAM CANNON DRIVE, WEST, AUSTIN TX 78735
Manish H Bhatia officer: EVP, Global Operations C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Robert P Beard officer: SVP, General Counsel&Secretary 8000 S. FEDERAL WAY, BOISE ID 83716
Mark J. Murphy officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC, 5725 DELPHI DRIVE, TROY MI 48098
Joel L Poppen officer: VP Legal Affairs, Gen Counsel, other: Corporate Secretary 8000 S. FEDERAL WAY, MS 1-557, BOISE ID 83716
David Zinsner officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer 1001 MURPHY RANCH ROAD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Linnie M Haynesworth director 214 N TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Lynn A Dugle director 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD, CHANTILLY VA 20151
Paul Marosvari officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer 8000 S. FEDERAL WAY, BOISE ID 83716