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Clarcor (Clarcor) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.85% (As of Nov. 2016)


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What is Clarcor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Clarcor's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 was $3,573 Mil. Clarcor's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2016 was $209 Mil. Clarcor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 was 5.85%.

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

CLC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 4.44
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Clarcor's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 was 10.70%. 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.


Clarcor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Clarcor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Clarcor Annual Data
Trend Nov07 Nov08 Nov09 Nov10 Nov11 Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 Nov16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.60 6.23 5.93 7.02 5.85

Clarcor Quarterly Data
Feb12 May12 Aug12 Nov12 Feb13 May13 Aug13 Nov13 Feb14 May14 Aug14 Nov14 Feb15 May15 Aug15 Nov15 Feb16 May16 Aug16 Nov16
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 7.02 7.47 7.03 6.34 5.85

Competitive Comparison of Clarcor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Clarcor'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.


Clarcor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Clarcor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Clarcor 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.

Clarcors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=209.144/3572.841375
=5.85 %

Clarcor's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $209 Mil.



Clarcor  (NYSE:CLC) 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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Clarcor (Clarcor) Business Description

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Clarcor Inc was organized in 1904 as an Illinois corporation and in 1969 was reincorporated in the State of Delaware. The Company conducts business in three main industry segments: Engine/ Mobile Filtration; Industrial/ Environmental Filtration; and Packaging. The Company's Engine/Mobile Filtration segment manufactures and sells filtration products for engines used in stationary power generation and for engines in mobile equipment applications, including trucks, automobiles, buses and locomotives, and marine, construction, industrial, mining and agricultural equipment. The products in the Engine/Mobile Filtration segment include oil, air, fuel, coolant, transmission and hydraulic fluid filters which are used in a variety of applications and in processes where filter efficiency, capacity and reliability are essential. The Company's Industrial/Environmental Filtration segment includes liquid process filtration products and air filtration products and systems used to maintain high interior air quality and to control exterior pollution. The segment's liquid process filtration products include specialty industrial process liquid filters; filters for pharmaceutical processes and beverages; filtration systems, filters and coalescers for the oil and natural gas industry; filtration systems for aircraft refueling, anti-pollution, sewage treatment and water recycling; bilge water separators; sand control filters for oil and gas drilling; and woven wire and metallic products for filtration of plastics and polymer fibers. These filters use a variety of string wound, meltblown, porous and sintered and non-sintered metal media, woven wire and absorbent media. The segment's air filtration products represent air filters and cleaners, including antimicrobial treated filters and high efficiency electronic air cleaners. These products are used in commercial buildings, hospitals, factories, residential buildings, residences, paint spray booths, gas turbine systems, medical facilities, motor vehicle cabins, aircraft cabins, clean rooms, compressors and dust collector systems. The Company's Packaging segment is conducted by a wholly-owned subsidiary, J.L. Clark, Inc. Products in both the Engine/Mobile Filtration and Industrial/Environmental Filtration segments are sold through a combination of independent distributors, dealers for original equipment manufacturers, retail stores and directly to end-use customers such as truck and equipment fleet users, manufacturing companies and contractors. The primary raw materials the Company uses to manufacture and package its products include various types of steel, adhesives, petrochemical-based materials, wood based products and filter medias made from materials such as wood pulps, metals, polyester, polypropylene, fiberglass and other synthetic fibers. Products in both the Engine/Mobile Filtration and Industrial/Environmental Filtration segments are sold through a combination of independent distributors, OEMs
Executives
Nelda J Connors director BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752-1234
Philip R Lochner director 699 LAKE AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Thomas Giacomini director C/O JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 70 WEST MADISON SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60602
Robert J Burgstahler director
Wesley M Clark director 840 CRESCENT CENTRE DRIVE, #600, CLARCOR INC., FRANKLIN TN 37067
Richard M Wolfson officer: VP, General Counsel 2918 FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 209, SAN DIEGO CA 92103
James W Bradford director GENESCO INC., 1415 MURFREESBORO ROAD, NASHVILLE TN 37217
Robert H Jenkins director PO BOX 7003, ROCKFORD IL 61125-7003
Paul Donovan director PO BOX 7003, ROCKFORD IL 61125-7003
Mark A Emkes director 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
James L Packard director 200 STATE STREET, BELOIT WI 53511
Christopher Conway officer: President and CEO C/O CLARCOR, 840 CRESCENT CENTRE DR SUITE 600, FRANKLIN TN 37064
David Joseph Fallon officer: VP-Chief Financial Officer 28213 VAN DYKE AVENUE, WARREN MI 48093
Norman E Johnson director, other: Executive Chairman 501 SEVENTH STREET, P O BOX 1537, ROCKFORD IL 61110-0037
Arthur B Laffer director 300 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 700, DALLAS TX 75201

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