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Edison International (Edison International) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.70% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Edison International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Edison International's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $66,529 Mil. Edison International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,127 Mil. Edison International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.70%.

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

EIX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1   Med: 4.61   Max: 9.27
Current: 4.89

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Edison International was 9.27%. The lowest was -1.00%. And the median was 4.61%.

EIX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
66.22% of 524 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 6.955 vs EIX: 4.89

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) %. Edison International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.92%. 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.


Edison International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Edison International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Edison International Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.02 2.95 2.91 3.03 4.70

Edison International 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) % 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 3.03 3.47 3.88 4.97 4.70

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

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Edison International'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.


Edison International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Edison International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Edison International 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=3127/66528.79825
=4.70 %

Edison International'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 $3,127 Mil.



Edison International  (NYSE:EIX) 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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Edison International (Edison International) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, P.O. Box 976, Rosemead, CA, USA, 91770
Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison, an electric utility that distributes electricity to 5 million customers in a 50,000-square-mile area of Southern California, excluding Los Angeles. Edison Energy owns interests in nonutility businesses that deal in energy-related products and services. In 2014, Edison International sold its wholesale power generation subsidiary Edison Mission Energy out of bankruptcy to NRG Energy.
Executives
Caroline Choi officer: Senior Vice President 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Kara Gostenhofer Ryan officer: VP, CAO and Controller 1111 LOUISIANA STREET, # 4600, HOUSTON TX 77002
J Andrew Murphy officer: Senior Vice President 211 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Chang Vanessa C L director P O BOX 800, 2244 WALNUT GROVE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Kate Sturgess officer: Vice President and Controller 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Natalie K Schilling officer: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Marcy L. Reed director 84 SOUTH SHORE DR, STURBRIDGE MA 01566
Jill Charlotte Anderson officer: Executive Vice President, SCE 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Peter J. Taylor director 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Keith Trent director 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Carey A. Smith director 6210 ARDREY KELL ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Steven D Powell officer: Executive Vice President, SCE 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Jeanne Beliveau-dunn director C/O XYLEM INC., 1 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Ronald L Litzinger officer: Chairman, Pres. & CEO of EMG P.O. BOX 800, 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Timothy O'toole director 55 BROADWAY, LONDON X0 SW1H OBD

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