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Expeditors International of Washington (Expeditors International of Washington) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.89% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Expeditors International of Washington's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $17,316 Mil. Expeditors International of Washington's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,020 Mil. Expeditors International of Washington's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.89%.

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

EXPD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.39   Med: 7.33   Max: 16.88
Current: 6.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Expeditors International of Washington was 16.88%. The lowest was 5.39%. And the median was 7.33%.

EXPD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
52.14% of 1003 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 7.03 vs EXPD: 6.69

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) %. Expeditors International of Washington's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 24.82%. 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.


Expeditors International of Washington Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Expeditors International of Washington'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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Expeditors International of Washington 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 6.18 6.37 9.08 12.80 5.89

Expeditors International of Washington 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 12.80 11.27 8.70 7.37 5.89

Competitive Comparison

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Expeditors International of Washington'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.


Expeditors International of Washington Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Expeditors International of Washington's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Expeditors International of Washington 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.

Expeditors International of Washingtons Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1019.828/17315.6682
=5.89 %

Expeditors International of Washington'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 $1,020 Mil.



Expeditors International of Washington  (NYSE:EXPD) 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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Expeditors International of Washington (Expeditors International of Washington) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1015 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA, 98104
Expeditors International of Washington is a non-asset-based third-party logistics provider, mainly focused on international freight forwarding. Its offers freight consolidation and forwarding, customs brokerage, warehousing and distribution, purchase order management, vendor consolidation, and numerous other value-added logistics services. It employs sophisticated IT systems and contracts with airlines and ocean carriers to move customers' freight across the globe. The firm operates more than 200 full-service office locations worldwide, in addition to numerous satellite locations. In 2022, Expeditors derived 34% of consolidated net revenue from airfreight, 30% from ocean freight, and 36% from customs brokerage and other services.
Executives
Jeffrey S Musser officer: Senior VP and CIO C/O EXPEDITORS, 1015 THIRD AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 981041190
Jeffrey F Dickerman officer: Senior VP - General Counsel 1015 THIRD AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98104
Benjamin G. Clark officer: Senior VP - General Counsel 1015 THIRD AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, SEATTLE WA 98110
Bradley S Powell officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O EXPEDITORS, 1015 THIRD AVE, SEATTLE WA 981041190
Blake R Bell officer: President, Global Products 1015 THIRD AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98104
Eugene K Alger officer: Executive VP-North America 1015 THIRD AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 981041190
Brandon Pedersen director EXPEDITORS, 1015 THIRD AVE, SEATTLE WA 98104
Robert R Wright director C/O EXPEDITORS, 1015 THIRD AVE, SEATTLE WA 981041190
Olivia D Polius director C/O EXPEDITORS, 1015 THIRD AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98104
Christopher J. Mcclincy officer: Senior VP - CIO 1015 THIRD AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, SEATTLE WA 98104-1190
Glenn M Alger director 1015 THIRD AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 981041190
Daniel R Wall officer: SVP - Ocean Services C/O EXPEDITORS, 1015 THIRD AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 981041190
Richard H Rostan officer: President - Global Geographies C/O EXPEDITORS, 1015 THIRD AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98104
Mark A Emmert director C/O EXPEDITORS, 1015 THIRD AVE, SEATTLE WA 981041190
Philip M Coughlin officer: Executive VP-North America 1015 THIRD AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 981041190