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Frequency Electronics (Frequency Electronics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 3.77% (As of Jan. 2024)
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Frequency Electronics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $91.79 Mil. Frequency Electronics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $3.46 Mil. Frequency Electronics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 3.77%.

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

FEIM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -34.34   Med: -0.87   Max: 8.14
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Frequency Electronics was 8.14%. The lowest was -34.34%. And the median was -0.87%.

FEIM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
53.98% of 2475 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.39 vs FEIM: 4.00

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) %. Frequency Electronics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.


Frequency Electronics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Frequency Electronics'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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Frequency Electronics Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.48 -12.47 0.68 -13.64 -9.28

Frequency Electronics Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -24.39 -9.28 -0.19 4.40 3.77

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Frequency Electronics'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.


Frequency Electronics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Frequency Electronics 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.

Frequency Electronicss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-5.271/56.8446523
=-9.27 %

Frequency Electronics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.46 Mil.



Frequency Electronics  (NAS:FEIM) 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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Frequency Electronics (Frequency Electronics) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
55 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Mitchel Field, NY, USA, 11553
Frequency Electronics Inc is engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of high-precision timing, and frequency control products for space, air, sea, and terrestrial applications. The company has FEI-NY and FEI-Zyfer reportable segments. It derives the majority of its revenues from the FEI-NY segment. FEI-NY segment operations consist principally of precision time and frequency control products used in three principal markets namely communication satellites (both commercial and U.S. Government-funded); terrestrial cellular telephone or other ground-based telecommunication stations; and other components and systems for the U.S. military.
Executives
Russell M Sarachek director 4718 FOXHALL CRESCENTS NW, WASHINGTON DC 20007
Edenbrook Long Only Value Fund, Lp director, 10 percent owner EDENBROOK CAPITAL, LLC, 116 RADIO CIRCLE, SUITE 202, MT. KISCO NY 10549
Steven E Strang officer: President, FEI-Zyfer, Inc. C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, INC., 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553
Thomas Mcclelland officer: Vice President, Comml Products C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553
Stanton D Sloane director COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., 68 SOUTH SERVICE RD., SUITE 230, MELVILLE NY 11747
John Patrick Caulfield officer: VP of Manufacturing C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD., MITCHEL FIELD NY 11533
Edenbrook Capital, Llc director, 10 percent owner 116 RADIO CIRCLE, SUITE 202, MT. KISCO NY 10549
Martin B Bloch director, officer: President FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553
Robert Schwartz director 11552 PROSPEROUS DRIVE, ODESSA FL 33556
Jonathan Brolin director, 10 percent owner 2 DEPOT PLAZA, 4TH FLOOR, BEDFORD HILLS NY 10507
Privet Fund Lp 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 3280 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, SUITE 2670, Atlanta GA 30305
Oleandro Mancini officer: Vice President, Bus. Develop C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553
Lance W Lord director 1110 TRUMPETERS COURT, MONUMENT CO 80132
Steven Lawrence Bernstein officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC., 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD., MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553
Ryan Levenson 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 2396 DELLWOOD DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30305