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Conagra Brands (Conagra Brands) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 6.68% (As of Feb. 2024)
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Conagra Brands's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $22,093 Mil. Conagra Brands's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $1,474 Mil. Conagra Brands's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 6.68%.

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

CAG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.36   Med: 5.39   Max: 7.33
Current: 6.37

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Conagra Brands was 7.33%. The lowest was 2.36%. And the median was 5.39%.

CAG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
58.37% of 1941 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 5.03 vs CAG: 6.37

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) %. Conagra Brands's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 7.67%. 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.


Conagra Brands Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Conagra Brands'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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Conagra Brands Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.19 5.52 6.67 5.67 4.24

Conagra Brands Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 4.78 4.24 6.83 6.64 6.68

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Conagra Brands'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.


Conagra Brands Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Conagra Brands's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Conagra Brands 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.

Conagra Brandss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1103.4/26035.69201
=4.24 %

Conagra Brands's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,474 Mil.



Conagra Brands  (NYSE:CAG) 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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Conagra Brands (Conagra Brands) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 1300, Chicago, IL, USA, 60654
Conagra Brands is a packaged food company that operates predominantly in the United States (over 90% of revenue and profits). Most of its revenue comes from frozen food, including brands like Marie Callender's, Healthy Choice, Banquet, and Birds Eye. Conagra also sells snacks, shelf-stable staples, and refrigerated food through brands like Duncan Hines, Hunt's, Slim Jim, Vlasic, Orville Redenbacher's, Reddi-wip, Wish-Bone, and Chef Boyardee. The company primarily sells through the U.S. retail channel, with just 8% of fiscal 2023 revenue coming from international markets and 9% from foodservice.
Executives
Richard H Lenny director ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., 155 HARLEM AVE., GLENVIEW IL 60025
Francisco Fraga director 222 MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA, SUITE 1300, CHICAGO IL 60654
Thomas M Mcgough officer: EVP and Co-COO C/O CONAGRA FOODS, INC., ONE CONAGRA DRIVE, MS 1-330, OMAHA NE 68102
William Eric Johnson officer: SVP, Corporate Controller 222 MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA, SUITE 1300, CHICAGO IL 60654
Charisse Brock officer: EVP, Chief HR Officer C/CONAGRA FOODS, INC., ONE CONAGRA DRIVE, MS1-330, OMAHA NE 68102
Robert G Wise officer: SVP, Corporate Controller C/O CONAGRA FOODS, INC., ONE CONAGRA DRIVE, OMAHA NE 68102
Carey Bartell officer: EVP, GC and Corp. Secretary C/O CONAGRA BRANDS, INC., 222 W. MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA, STE. 1300, CHICAGO IL 60654
Denise Paulonis director 8000 BENT BRANCH DRIVE, IRVING TX 75063
Emanuel Chirico director 7 NEW YORK PLACE, BRONSVILLE NY 10708
Batcheler Colleen officer: SVP and General Counsel ONE CONAGRA DRIVE, OMAHA NE 68102
Darren Serrao officer: EVP and Co-COO C/CONAGRA FOODS, INC., ONE CONAGRA DRIVE, MS1-330, OMAHA NE 68102
George Dowdie director C/O CONAGRA BRANDS, INC., 222 W. MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA, STE 1300, CHICAGO IL 60654
Fran Horowitz-bonadies director 6301 FITCH PATH, NEW ALBANY OH 43054
Alexandre Eboli officer: EVP,Chief Supply Chain Officer C/O CONAGRA BRANDS, INC., 222 W. MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA, STE. 1300, CHICAGO IL 60654
Jana Partners Llc director, other: See Remarks 767 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10153

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