What is Alliance Holdings GP LP Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Alliance Holdings GP LP's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was $2,563 Mil.
Alliance Holdings GP LP's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2018 was $396 Mil. Alliance Holdings GP LP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 15.46%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Alliance Holdings GP LP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
AHGP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Steel industry.
Industry Median: 6.86 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.
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) %. Alliance Holdings GP LP's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 30.66%. 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.
Alliance Holdings GP LP Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Alliance Holdings GP LP'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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Alliance Holdings GP LP Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Alliance Holdings GP LP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Coking Coal subindustry, Alliance Holdings GP LP'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.
Alliance Holdings GP LP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Steel Industry
For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Alliance Holdings GP LP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Alliance Holdings GP LP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Alliance Holdings GP LP 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.
Alliance Holdings GP LPs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as
Alliance Holdings GP LP's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $396 Mil.
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.
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Alliance Holdings GP LP (Alliance Holdings GP LP) Business Description
Alliance Holdings GP LP is a diversified producer and marketer of coal to U.S. utilities and industrial users that operate approximately ten underground mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia. The company operates in five reportable segments which are the Illinois Basin, Central Appalachia, Northern Appalachia, White Oak and Other and Corporate.
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