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Alexander & Baldwin (Alexander & Baldwin) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.49% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Alexander & Baldwin Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Alexander & Baldwin's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,829.6 Mil. Alexander & Baldwin's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $63.8 Mil. Alexander & Baldwin's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.49%.

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

ALEX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.63   Med: 2.58   Max: 6.14
Current: 3.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Alexander & Baldwin was 6.14%. The lowest was -5.63%. And the median was 2.58%.

ALEX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
60.29% of 894 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.845 vs ALEX: 3.96

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) %. Alexander & Baldwin'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.


Alexander & Baldwin Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alexander & Baldwin's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Alexander & Baldwin Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Alexander & Baldwin Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.26 2.59 4.43 2.25 3.49

Alexander & Baldwin 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 2.25 2.16 3.43 4.10 3.49

Competitive Comparison of Alexander & Baldwin's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Alexander & Baldwin'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.


Alexander & Baldwin's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Alexander & Baldwin's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alexander & Baldwin's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Alexander & Baldwin 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.

Alexander & Baldwins Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=63.8/1829.55145
=3.49 %

Alexander & Baldwin'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 $63.8 Mil.



Alexander & Baldwin  (NYSE:ALEX) 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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Alexander & Baldwin (Alexander & Baldwin) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
822 Bishop Street, Post Office Box 3440, Honolulu, HI, USA, 96801
Alexander & Baldwin Inc operates in the real estate sector. It functions through two segments namely Commercial Real Estate and Land Operations The Commercial Real Estate segment owns and manages retail, industrial and office properties in Hawaii, thereby accounting for majority of the company's revenue. The Land Operations segment actively manages the company's land and real estate-related assets and makes optimum utilization of these assets. Geographically, the activities are carried out across the United States.
Executives
Kimura Shelee M.t. director C/O P.O. BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96808
Jeffrey W Pauker officer: EVP, Chief Investment Officer 822 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Anthony J Tommasino officer: Principal accounting officer 822 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Derek T Kanehira officer: Senior Vice President 822 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Scott G Morita officer: Vice President & Corp Counsel 822 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Jerrod M Schreck officer: Exec VP; President of subsid. 822 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Chun Nelson N S director, officer: Sr. Vice Pres. & CLO 822 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
John T Leong director 822 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Douglas M Pasquale director 245 FICHER AVE STE D-1, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Christopher J Benjamin officer: President of affiliate 822 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Robert S Harrison director 999 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Brett A Brown officer: CFO and Exec. Vice President C/O INLAND REAL ESTATE CORPORATION, 2901 BUTTERFIELD ROAD, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Stanley M Kuriyama director, officer: Pres. & CEO 822 BISHOP ST., HONOLULU HI 96813
Doane W Allen Jr director 822 BISHOP ST., HONOLULU HI 96813
Diana Laing officer: Executive Vice President THE MACERICH COMPANY, 401 WILSHIRE BVLD., STE. 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401