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Cubic (CUB) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.67% (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is Cubic Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Cubic's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $3,294 Mil. Cubic's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2021 was $88 Mil. Cubic's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 2.67%.

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

CUB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Aerospace & Defense industry.
Industry Median: 2.57
* 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) %. Cubic's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 18.64%. 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.


Cubic Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Cubic Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Cubic Annual Data
Trend Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.02 0.25 1.20 2.79 0.92

Cubic Quarterly Data
Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
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 0.81 0.40 0.92 1.17 2.67

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

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Cubic'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.


Cubic's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Cubic's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cubic 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.

Cubics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=24.24/2621.51893
=0.92 %

Cubic's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $88 Mil.



Cubic  (NYSE:CUB) 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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Cubic (CUB) Business Description

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Address
9333 Balboa Avenue, San Diego, CA, USA, 92123
Cubic Corp is an international provider of systems and solutions for the mass transit and global defense markets. It uses three segments for financial reporting: Cubic transportation systems, Cubic mission solutions, and Cubic global defense systems. The company integrates payment and information solutions for travel applications. It allows people to choose a cost- and time-effective way to travel and helps transportation authorities manage demand across entire networks. The global defense segments provide training and operational support for multiple branches of the U.S. military. Approximately half of the total revenue is derived from the United States, with the United Kingdom and Australia also producing material sales.
Executives
Mark Harrison officer: SVP/Chief Accounting Officer 9333 BALBOA AVE SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Jeffrey B. Lowinger officer: President, CTS - SVP, CORP 9333 BALBOA AVENUE SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Carolyn A. Flowers director C/O CUBIC CORPORATION 9333 BALBOA AVENUE SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Hilary Hageman officer: SVP, General Counsel, & Sec 9333 BALBOA AVENUE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Michael Knowles officer: President, CMPS - SVP, CORP 9333 BALBOA AVENUE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Rhys V Williams officer: VP, Treasurer PO BOX 85587 SAN DIEGO X1 92186-5587
Anshooman Aga officer: EVP/CFO PO BOX 85587, SAN DIEGO CA 92186-5587
Janice M. Hamby director P.O. BOX 85587 SAN DIEGO CA 92186
Steven John Norris director PO BOX 85587, SAN DIEGO CA 92186
Bruce G Blakley director 1045 MOANA DRIVE SAN DIEGO CA 92107
Bradley H Feldmann director, officer: Chairman/President/CEO C/O MANTECH INTERNATIONAL CORP 12015 LEE JACKSON HWY FAIRFAX VA 22033
Grace G. Lee officer: SVP, Chief HR & Diversity Ofc. C/O CUBIC CORPORATION, 9333 BALBOA AVENUE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Denise L Devine director C/O FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION, ONE PENN SQUARE, LANCASTER PA 17602
Prithviraj Banerjee director C/O CRAY INC., 901 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 1000, SEATTLE WA 98164
David F Melcher director 1650 TYSONS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1700, MCLEAN VA 22102