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Profire Energy (Profire Energy) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 17.39% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Profire Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Profire Energy's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $71.59 Mil. Profire Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $12.46 Mil. Profire Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 17.39%.

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

PFIE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -20.4   Med: 5.16   Max: 23.11
Current: 16.84

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Profire Energy was 23.11%. The lowest was -20.40%. And the median was 5.16%.

PFIE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
79.01% of 1091 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.56 vs PFIE: 16.84

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) %. Profire Energy'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.


Profire Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Profire Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Profire Energy Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.49 -10.47 -4.87 13.74 17.39

Profire Energy 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 13.74 16.81 23.64 9.85 17.39

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

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Profire Energy'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.


Profire Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Profire Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Profire Energy 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=12.456/71.586059
=17.40 %

Profire Energy'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 $12.46 Mil.



Profire Energy  (NAS:PFIE) 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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Profire Energy (Profire Energy) Business Description

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Address
321 South 1250 West, Suite 1, Lindon, UT, USA, 84042
Profire Energy Inc is an oilfield technology company operating in the United States. It is engaged in the business of developing combustion management technologies for the oil and gas industry. The company specializes in the creation of burner-management systems, used on a variety of oilfield natural-draft fire tube vessels. In addition to the burner-management systems, the company also sell complementary oilfield products to its customer. Geographically, the company divides its business into two business unit namely the United States and Canada and majority of its revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Harold Albert 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Operating Officer BAY 12, 55 ALBERTA AVE, SPRUCE GROVE A0 T7X 3A6
Bell Colleen Larkin director 333 S STATE STREET, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84145-0433
Patrick David Fisher officer: VP of Product Development 321 SOUTH 1250 WEST, LINDON UT 84042
Brenton W Hatch 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer BAY 12, 55 ALBERTA AVE, SPRUCE GROVE A0 T7X 3A6
Cameron M. Tidball officer: CBDO 321 SOUTH 1250 WEST SUITE 1, LINDON UT 84042
Jay Grant Fugal officer: VP of Operations 321 SOUTH 1250 WEST, SUITE 1, LINDON UT 84042
Daren Shaw director 27101 PUERTA REAL, SUITE 450, MISSION VIEJO CA 92691
Ronald R Spoehel director 12015 LEE JACKSON HIGHWAY, FAIRFAX VA 22033
Ryan W Oviatt officer: Chief Financial Officer 321 SOUTH 1250 WEST SUITE 1, LINDON UT 84042
Stephen E Pirnat director 4728 EAST 98TH STREET, TULSA OK 74137
Crouch Arlen director 2566 BARCELONA DRIVE, SANDY UT 84093
Andrew Limpert director, 10 percent owner, officer: Interim CEO & CFO 1245 BRICKYARD ROAD, SUITE 590, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84106
Mike Carroll director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, CFO & President 408 BREWSTER LANE, SAINT SIMONS ISLAND GA 21522
Joel Arline director 1606 REYNOLDS STREET, BRUNSWICK GA 31520