Diamond Resorts International (Diamond Resorts International) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 9.68% (As of Jun. 2016)

Diamond Resorts International Inc was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on January 11, 2013. The Company provides hospitality and vacation ownership services. The Company has an ownership base of more than 527,000 owner-families, or members, and a network of 307 vacation destinations located in 33 countries throughout the continental United States (U.S.), Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. Its resort network includes 93 resort properties with approximately 11,000units that they manage and 210 affiliated resorts and hotels and four cruise itineraries. The Company offers Vacations of a LifetimeTM--a simple way to acquire a lifetime of vacations at top destinations worldwide. The Company also manages seven multi-resort trusts. The Company operates the front desks, provide housekeeping, conduct maintenance and manage human resources services. It also operates, or outsource the operation of, amenities such as golf courses, food and beverage venues and retail shops, and the company provides an online reservation system, a customer service contact center, rental services, billing services, account collections, accounting and treasury functions and communications and information technology services. In addition to resort services, key components of its business are the Clubs, which enable its members to use their points to stay at resorts in its network. The Clubs offer its members a range of other benefits, such as the opportunity to purchase various products and services including consumer electronics, home appliances and insurance products from third parties at discounted prices. The Company's clubs include THE Club, which is the primary Club sold, and provides members access to all resorts in its network and offers the full range of member services, as well as other Clubs that enable their members to use their points to stay at specified resorts in its network and provide their members with a more limited offering of benefits. The Company refers to THE Club and other Club offerings as "the Clubs." . The vacation ownership industry enables individuals and families to purchase VOIs, which facilitates shared ownership and use of fully-furnished vacation accommodations at a particular resort or network of resorts. The Company markets and sells VOIs that provide access to its network of 93 Diamond Resorts managed resorts and 210 affiliated resorts and hotels and four cruise itineraries. The Company provides loans to eligible customers who purchase VOIs through its U.S., Mexican and St. Maarten sales centers and choose to finance their purchase. In marketing and selling VOIs, the company competes against the vacation ownership divisions of several established hospitality companies. These companies include Bluegreen Corporation, Disney (Disney Vacation Club), Four Seasons Resorts and Hotels, Hilton (Hilton Grand Vacations), Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation