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Westwater Resources (Westwater Resources) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -63.69% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Westwater Resources's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $20.79 Mil. Westwater Resources's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-13.27 Mil. Westwater Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -63.69%.

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

WWR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -126404.45   Med: -639.77   Max: 53009.59
Current: -105.26

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Westwater Resources was 53009.59%. The lowest was -126404.45%. And the median was -639.77%.

WWR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
90.23% of 2671 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -12.25 vs WWR: -105.26

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) %. Westwater Resources'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.


Westwater Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Westwater Resources'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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Westwater Resources 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 -86.96 -22.73 40.82 32.47 -63.69

Westwater Resources 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 32.47 -77.52 -50.51 -55.87 -63.69

Competitive Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Westwater Resources'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.


Westwater Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Westwater Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Westwater Resources 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-13.271/20.79345524
=-63.82 %

Westwater Resources'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 $-13.27 Mil.



Westwater Resources  (AMEX:WWR) 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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Westwater Resources (Westwater Resources) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6950 South Potomac Street, Suite 300, Centennial, CO, USA, 80112
Westwater Resources Inc focused on developing battery-grade natural graphite materials. The company is having one project which is the Westwater's coosa project which is currently used for the mining and extraction of graphite.
Executives
Frank Bakker officer: President and CEO C/O OCI PARTNERS LP, 5470 N. TWIN CITY HIGHWAY, NEDERLAND TX 77627
Deborah A Peacock director C/O WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC., 6950 S. POTOMAC STREET, SUITE 300, CENTENNIAL CO 80112
Terence James Cryan director 2 HAMPSHIRE RD, BRONXVILLE NY 10708
John W Lawrence officer: General Counsel and Corp Sec 6950 S POTOMAC STREET, SUITE 300, C/O WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC., CENTENNIAL CO 80112
Chad M. Potter officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC., 6950 S. POTOMAC STREET, SUITE 300, CENTENNIAL CO 80112
Jeffrey L. Vigil officer: Vice President-Finance and CFO 405 STATE HIGHWAY 121 BYPASS, BUILDING A, SUITE 110, LEWISVILLE TX 75067
Steven M. Cates officer: CAO and Controller C/O WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC., 6950 S. POTOMAC STREET, SUITE 300, CENTENNIAL CO 80112
Karli S. Anderson director 1660 WYNKOOP STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Tracy D Pagliara director 1800 GARDNER EXPRESSWAY, QUINCY IL 62305
Dain A Mccoig officer: Vice President C/O URANIUM RESOURCES, INC., 405 SH 121 BYPASS, BLD. A, SUITE 110, LEWISVILLE TX 75067
Christopher Murrel Jones director, officer: President and CEO 970 BUFFALO RIDGE ROAD, CASTLE PINES CO 80108
Marvin K Kaiser director P.O. BOX 460011, ST. LOUIS MO 63151
Patrick Nicolas Burke director C/O URANIUM RESOURCES, INC., 6950 S. POTOMAC STREET, SUITE 300, CENTENNIAL CO 80112
Dean Theodore Wilton officer: VP and Chief Geologist 405 STATE HIGHWAY 121 BYPASS, BUILDING A, SUITE 110, LEWISVILLE TX 75067
Rcf Management L.l.c. 10 percent owner 1400 16TH STREET, SUITE 200, DENVER CO 80202