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Gentex (Gentex) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.78% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Gentex Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Gentex's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,319 Mil. Gentex's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $496 Mil. Gentex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.78%.

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

GNTX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.47   Med: 8.05   Max: 12.76
Current: 6.38

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Gentex was 12.76%. The lowest was 4.47%. And the median was 8.05%.

GNTX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
52.99% of 1306 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 5.695 vs GNTX: 6.38

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) %. Gentex's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.33%. 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.


Gentex Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gentex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Gentex Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Gentex Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.14 5.11 5.14 6.02 6.78

Gentex 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) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 6.02 6.02 6.41 6.25 6.78

Competitive Comparison of Gentex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Gentex'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.


Gentex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Gentex's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gentex 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=495.731/7318.5293
=6.77 %

Gentex'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 $496 Mil.



Gentex  (NAS:GNTX) 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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Gentex (Gentex) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 North Centennial Street, Zeeland, MI, USA, 49464
Gentex was founded in 1974 to produce smoke-detection equipment. The company sold its first glare-control interior mirror in 1982 and its first model using electrochromic technology in 1987. Automotive revenue is about 98% of total revenue. The company is constantly developing new applications for the technology to remain on top. Sales in 2022 totaled about $1.9 billion with 44.2 million mirrors shipped. The unit mix breaks out as 65% interior and 35% exterior, versus about 32% exterior in 2020. The company is based in Zeeland, Michigan.
Executives
Anderson Joseph B Jr director MERITOR, INC., 2135 WEST MAPLE ROAD, TROY MI 48084-7186
Kathleen Starkoff director 4304 SUNBURY ROAD, GALENA OH 43021-9318
Gary F Goode director 2801 EAST BELTLINE, N.E., GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
James A Hollars director 23880 MESSINA COURT, BONITA SPRINGS FL 34134
Richard O Schaum director 388 WARREN COURT, BIRMINGHAM MI 48009
Neil Boehm officer: Chief Technology Officer 600 N. CENTENNIAL STREET, ZEELAND MI 49464
Scott P Ryan officer: General Counsel 7592 KIRKWOOD TRAIL SE, ALTO MI 49302
Steven R Downing officer: Chief Financial Officer 14814 CREEK EDGE DRIVE, HOLLAND MI 49424
James H Wallace director 2625 WYNDBEND BLVD, POWELL OH 43065
John A Mulder director 16680 LYONHURST CIRCLE, NORTHVILLE MI 48167
Ling Zang director 6291 SHENANDOAH PARK AVE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84121
Matthew Chiodo officer: Vice President of Sales 600 N. CENTENNIAL STREET, ZEELAND MI 49464
Kevin C Nash officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2608 104TH AVENUE, ZEELAND MI 49464
Frederick A Sotok director
Brian C Walker director