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Gladstone Land (Gladstone Land) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 3.56% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Gladstone Land's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,073.42 Mil. Gladstone Land's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $38.23 Mil. Gladstone Land's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.56%.

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

LAND' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.93   Med: 2.03   Max: 3.77
Current: 3.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Gladstone Land was 3.77%. The lowest was 0.93%. And the median was 2.03%.

LAND's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
59.28% of 889 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.85 vs LAND: 3.76

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) %. Gladstone Land's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.58%. 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.


Gladstone Land Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gladstone Land'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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Gladstone Land 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 2.44 2.56 1.57 2.52 3.56

Gladstone Land 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 2.52 2.65 3.30 3.55 3.56

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Gladstone Land'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.


Gladstone Land Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Gladstone Land's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gladstone Land 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=38.23/1073.42088
=3.56 %

Gladstone Land'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 $38.23 Mil.



Gladstone Land  (NAS:LAND) 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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Gladstone Land (Gladstone Land) Business Description

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Address
1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Gladstone Land Corp is an externally-managed, agricultural REIT. It is mainly in the business of owning and leasing farmland. It manages operations in one reporting segment. It is focused on the ownership of high-quality farms and farm-related properties that are leased on a triple-net basis to tenants with a strong operating history and deep farming resources. The farmland is predominantly concentrated in locations where farmers are able to grow either fresh produce annual row crops (e.g., certain berries and vegetables), which are typically planted and harvested annually, or certain permanent crops (e.g., almonds, blueberries, pistachios, and wine grapes). To a much lesser extent, it also own farms that grow certain commodity crops (e.g., corn and beans).
Executives
Paula Novara director 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Caren D Merrick director 1521 WESTBRANCH, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michela A English director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael Licalsi other: Internal Counsel and Secretary 1521 WESTBRANCH DR., MCLEAN VA 22102
Lewis Parrish officer: CFO 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Paul W Adelgren director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
David Gladstone director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Jay Beckhorn officer: Treasurer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Walter H Wilkinson director C/O RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., 7628 THORNDIKE ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27409
John Dellafiora other: Chief Compliance Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Jennifer A Smith officer: Valuation Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Terry Earhart director 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
John Reilly director 1521 WESTBRANCH DR., STE. 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Anthony W Parker director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
John H Outland director