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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (Universal Stainless & Alloy Products) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.08% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $269.9 Mil. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $13.7 Mil. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.08%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

USAP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -24.08   Med: 0.32   Max: 9.18
Current: 4.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products was 9.18%. The lowest was -24.08%. And the median was 0.32%.

USAP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
62.5% of 640 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 6.905 vs USAP: 4.23

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) %. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products'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.


Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Universal Stainless & Alloy Products'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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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products 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 3.98 -18.28 -1.30 -3.91 5.08

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products 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 -3.91 -2.09 -0.10 2.81 5.08

Competitive Comparison

For the Steel subindustry, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products'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.


Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Universal Stainless & Alloy Products 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.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Productss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=13.722/269.8500248
=5.09 %

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products'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 $13.7 Mil.



Universal Stainless & Alloy Products  (NAS:USAP) 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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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (Universal Stainless & Alloy Products) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 Mayer Street, Bridgeville, PA, USA, 15017
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc manufactures and markets semi-finished and finished specialty steel products, including stainless steel, nickel alloys, tool steel, and certain other alloyed steels. The company along with its subsidiaries involves melting, remelting, heat treating, hot and cold rolling, forging, machining and cold drawing of semi-finished and finished specialty steels.
Executives
Udi Toledano director 51 DUFFIELD DRIVE, S. ORANGE NJ 07079
M. David Kornblatt director 1214 ROUND HILL ROAD, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Judith L Bacchus director 525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE, 33RD FLOOR, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Christopher L Ayers director 5626 MISSION DRIVE, MISSION HILL KS 66208
Dennis M Oates director, officer: Chairman, President and CEO 600 MAYER STREET, BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017
Steven Ditommaso officer: VP and CFO 600 MAYER STREET, BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017
Wendel Crosby officer: Vice President of Manufacturin 600 MAYER STREET, BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017
Christopher M Zimmer officer: Exec. V. P. & CCO 600 MAYER STREET, BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017
John Arminas officer: VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary 600 MAYER STREET, BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017
Christopher Thomas Scanlon officer: VP Finance, Treasurer & CFO 415 HOLIDAY DRIVE, PITTSBURGH PA 15520
Graham Mcintosh officer: V. P. Technology & Chief Techn 600 MAYER STREET, BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017
Alyssa H Snider officer: VP & CHRO 600 MAYER STREET, BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017
Paul A Mcgrath officer: V.P. Admin., General Counsel 600 MAYER STREET, BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017
Ross C Wilkin officer: V.P. Finance, CFO & Treasurer 600 MAYER STREET, BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017
Larry J Pollock officer: Exec. V.P. & CMO 600 MAYER STREET, BRIDGEVILLE PA 15017

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