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The Dixie Group (The Dixie Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.43% (As of Dec. 2023)
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The Dixie Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $123.6 Mil. The Dixie Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.5 Mil. The Dixie Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.43%.

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

DXYN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -21.46   Med: 0.89   Max: 20.02
Current: 4.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The Dixie Group was 20.02%. The lowest was -21.46%. And the median was 0.89%.

DXYN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
50.05% of 1085 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 4.56 vs DXYN: 4.58

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) %. The Dixie Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. 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.


The Dixie Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Dixie Group'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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The Dixie Group 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 16.31 -3.76 5.28 -21.23 4.43

The Dixie Group 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 -21.23 -18.83 -16.39 -12.35 4.43

Competitive Comparison

For the Textile Manufacturing subindustry, The Dixie 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.


The Dixie Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Dixie Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Dixie 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.

The Dixie Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=5.479/123.5643828
=4.43 %

The Dixie Group'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 $5.5 Mil.



The Dixie Group  (NAS:DXYN) 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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The Dixie Group (The Dixie Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
475 Reed Road, Dalton, GA, USA, 30720
The Dixie Group Inc is carpet and rug mills company. Its businesses consist principally of marketing, manufacturing and selling finished carpet, rugs, and luxury vinyl tile in the domestic floor covering market. The company has one reportable segment, Floor covering. The company sells floor covering products in both residential and commercial applications. Additionally, the company provides manufacturing support to its carpet businesses through its separate processing operations. Its business is primarily concentrated in areas of the soft floor covering market segment. The company provides its products under the brand of Fabrica, Masland Residential, Dixie Home, Atlas Carpet Mills, Masland Contract, and Hospitality.
Executives
Lowry F Kline director PO BOX 2007, DALTON GA 30722
Allen L Danzey officer: Chief Financial Officer PO BOX 2007, DALTON GA 30722-2007
Frierson Daniel K Jr officer: President, Masland Residential PO BOX 2007, DALTON GA 30722
Jon A Faulkner officer: VP Planning & Development PO BOX 2007, DALTON GA 30722
Daniel K Frierson director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board & CEO PO BOX 2007, DALTON GA 30722
W Derek Davis officer: VP - Human Resources PO BOX 2007, DALTON GA 30722
Murrey John W Iii director 4100 COCA-COLA PLAZA, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Thomas Martin Nuckols officer: Executive Vice President 475 REED ROAD, DALTON GA 30720
Blue William F Jr director PO BOX 2007, DALTON GA 30722
David E Hobbs officer: VP - Pres Masland Contract 716 BILL MYLES DRIVE, SARALAND AL 36571
Paul B Comiskey officer: Vice Pres/President Dixie Home PO BOX 2007, DALTON GA 30722
D Eugene Lasater officer: Controller 2208 S. HAMILTON STREET, DALTON GA 30721
Starr T Klein officer: Secretary PO BOX 25107, CHATTANOOGA TN 37422-5107
Michael L. Owens director PO BOX 2007, DALTON GA 30722
Vinson Lee Martin officer: VP-President Masland Contract 716 BILL MYLES DRIVE, SARALAND AL 36571

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