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Employers Holdings (Employers Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 19.80% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Employers Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $779.1 Mil. Employers Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $154.1 Mil. Employers Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 19.80%.

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

EIG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.29   Med: 12.83   Max: 20.06
Current: 17.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Employers Holdings was 20.06%. The lowest was 4.29%. And the median was 12.83%.

EIG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
78.78% of 490 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.565 vs EIG: 17.06

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) %. Employers Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.26%. 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.


Employers Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Employers Holdings'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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Employers Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.58 18.52 13.53 4.64 19.80

Employers Holdings 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) % 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 4.64 7.52 15.65 15.90 19.80

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Employers Holdings'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.


Employers Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Employers Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Employers Holdings 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.

Employers Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=154.2/779.06618
=19.79 %

Employers Holdings'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 $154.1 Mil.



Employers Holdings  (NYSE:EIG) 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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Employers Holdings (Employers Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10375 Professional Circle, Reno, NV, USA, 89521
Employers Holdings Inc provides workers' compensation insurance, primarily to small businesses in low- to medium hazard industries. Its customers are employers, and the insurance premiums that those employers pay account for more than 90% of total company revenue. Substantially all of the remaining revenue is generated through investments. The company operates exclusively in the United States, and it generates more than half of its business in California. By industry, the company has the most exposure to restaurants, which account for roughly a fourth of the total premiums the company earns.
Executives
Katherine H. Antonello officer: EVP, Chief Actuary 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Alejandro Perez-tenessa director 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Michael J Mcsally director 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Christopher Laws officer: EVP, Chief Actuary 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Tracey Lynn Berg officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Stephen V Festa officer: Sr VP & CCO, EICN and ECIC 9790 GATEWAY DRIVE, SUITE 200, RENO NV 89521
Douglas D Dirks director, officer: President and CEO of EIG 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
De Figueiredo Joao M director 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
James R Kroner director 600 FOURTH STREET, P.O. BOX 6000, SIOUX CITY IA 51102-6000
Jeanne L Mockard director PUTNAM INVESTMENTS, ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE, BOSTON MA 02109
Lawrence S Rogers officer: SVP, Chief Underwriting Office 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Richard W Blakey director 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
John M. Mutschink officer: SVP, Chief HR Officer 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Michael Scott Paquette officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer EMPLOYERS HOLDINGS, INC., 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Barry J. Vogt officer: SVP, Chief Claims Officer 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521