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Rush Enterprises (Rush Enterprises) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 9.28% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Rush Enterprises's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,768 Mil. Rush Enterprises's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $516 Mil. Rush Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.28%.

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

RUSHB' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.91   Med: 5.74   Max: 12.68
Current: 9.64

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Rush Enterprises was 12.68%. The lowest was 2.91%. And the median was 5.74%.

RUSHB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
67.71% of 1307 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 5.74 vs RUSHB: 9.64

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) %. Rush Enterprises's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 22.88%. 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.


Rush Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rush Enterprises'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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Rush Enterprises 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 6.72 5.07 7.72 12.90 9.28

Rush Enterprises 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 12.90 12.38 11.39 11.14 9.28

Competitive Comparison

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Rush Enterprises'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.


Rush Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Rush Enterprises 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=515.755/5768.435692
=8.94 %

Rush Enterprises'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 $516 Mil.



Rush Enterprises  (NAS:RUSHB) 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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Rush Enterprises (Rush Enterprises) Business Description

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Address
555 IH-35 South, Suite 500, New Braunfels, TX, USA, 78130
Rush Enterprises Inc is a full-service, integrated retailer of commercial vehicles and related services. The company operates in a single segment; Truck Segment includes the operation of a network of commercial vehicle dealerships under the name Rush Truck Centers. It sells commercial vehicles manufactured by Peterbilt, International, Hino, Ford, Isuzu, IC Bus, and Blue Bird and also provides one-stop service for the needs of commercial vehicle customers, including retail sales of new and used commercial vehicles, aftermarket parts sales, service and repair facilities, financing, leasing and rental, and insurance products. The company's business is concentrated in the United States commercial vehicle markets and related aftermarkets.