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Carrols Restaurant Group (Carrols Restaurant Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.21% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Carrols Restaurant Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,599 Mil. Carrols Restaurant Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $67 Mil. Carrols Restaurant Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.21%.

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

TAST' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -8.4   Med: 0.26   Max: 5.95
Current: 3.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Carrols Restaurant Group was 5.95%. The lowest was -8.40%. And the median was 0.26%.

TAST's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
52.53% of 356 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 3.51 vs TAST: 3.93

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) %. Carrols Restaurant Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -8.46%. 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.


Carrols Restaurant Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Carrols Restaurant Group'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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Carrols Restaurant Group 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 -0.97 0.26 -1.34 -3.34 4.21

Carrols Restaurant Group 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 -3.34 -1.10 2.17 3.85 4.21

Competitive Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Carrols Restaurant Group'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.


Carrols Restaurant Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Carrols Restaurant Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Carrols Restaurant Group 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=67.381/1598.633124
=4.21 %

Carrols Restaurant Group'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 $67 Mil.



Carrols Restaurant Group  (NAS:TAST) 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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Carrols Restaurant Group (Carrols Restaurant Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
968 James Street, Syracuse, NY, USA, 13203
Carrols Restaurant Group Inc is a restaurant company. It owns and operates Burger King restaurants in the Northeastern, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States. The Burger King restaurants are quick-service restaurants featuring hamburgers and other sandwiches.
Executives
Anthony E Hull officer: VP, CFO, Treasurer 175 PARK AVENUE, MADISON NJ 07940
Gretta Miles officer: VP, Controller, Asst Treasurer 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Ahmad Filsoof officer: VP, Strategic Initiatives 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Cambridge Franchise Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 853 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10003
Richard G Cross officer: VP, Real Estate 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Gary Mcquillan officer: VP, Strategic Procurement 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Joseph W Hoffman officer: Chief Restaurant Officer 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Paulo A Pena officer: President and CEO 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
John Davis Smith director 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Jared L. Landaw officer: VP, GC, Secretary 101 WEST 79TH STREET - 12B, NEW YORK NY 10024
Nathan Mucher officer: VP, Chief Information Officer 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Thomas Benjamin Curtis director 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DR, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Matthew Terker Perelman director, 10 percent owner 853 BROADWAY, SUITE 2014, NEW YORK NY 10003
Carl S Hauch officer: VP and COO ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC, 5008 AIRPORT RD, ROANOKE VA 24012
David Harris director 237 PARK AVENUE - SUITE 900, NEW YORK NY 10017