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Fidelity National Financial (Fidelity National Financial) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.33% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Fidelity National Financial's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16,269 Mil. Fidelity National Financial's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $867 Mil. Fidelity National Financial's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.33%.

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

FNF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.68   Med: 9.51   Max: 32.09
Current: 5.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Fidelity National Financial was 32.09%. The lowest was 3.68%. And the median was 9.51%.

FNF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
50.81% of 492 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.41 vs FNF: 5.80

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) %. Fidelity National Financial's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 38.15%. 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.


Fidelity National Financial Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fidelity National Financial'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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Fidelity National Financial 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 11.53 16.13 26.39 14.99 5.33

Fidelity National Financial 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 14.99 10.58 7.22 7.39 5.33

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Fidelity National Financial'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.


Fidelity National Financial Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Fidelity National Financial 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.

Fidelity National Financials Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=867/16269.26602
=5.33 %

Fidelity National Financial'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 $867 Mil.



Fidelity National Financial  (NYSE:FNF) 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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Fidelity National Financial (Fidelity National Financial) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
601 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 32204
Fidelity National Financial Inc provides title insurance, escrow, and other title-related services. It operates in three segments: Title, F&G, Corporate and Other. The title segment that derives majority revenue consists of the operations of title insurance underwriters and related businesses, which provide title insurance and escrow and other title-related services including trust activities, trustee sales guarantees, and home warranty products. Substantially all of the company's revenue is generated in the United States.
Executives
Daniel D Lane director 14 CORPORATE PLZ, SUITE 150, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Halim Dhanidina director 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Michael Joseph Nolan officer: President 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Shea Peter O Jr director 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Peter T Sadowski officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC., 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Thomas M Hagerty director C/O THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P., 100 FEDERAL STREET, 35 FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Sandra Douglass Morgan director 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Raymond R Quirk director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Cary H Thompson director 1999 AVE OF THE STARS, 32ND FL, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Roger S Jewkes officer: Chief Operating Officer 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Anthony Park officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Michael L Gravelle officer: Executive Vice President 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Douglas K Ammerman director 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Foley William P Ii director FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC., 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
John D Rood director 3020 HARTLEY ROAD SUITE 300, JACKSONVILLE FL 32257