Graham Holdings Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,532 Mil.
Graham Holdings Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $362 Mil. Graham Holdings Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.26%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Graham Holdings Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
GHC'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.11 Med: 10.47 Max: 48.88
Current: 10.32
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Graham Holdings Co was 48.88%. The lowest was -5.11%. And the median was 10.47%.
GHC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 71.21% of 264
companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 5.37
vs GHC: 10.32
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) %. Graham Holdings Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.09%. 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.
Graham Holdings Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Graham Holdings Co'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.
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Graham Holdings Co'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.
Graham Holdings Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Graham Holdings Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Graham Holdings Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Graham Holdings Co 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.
Graham Holdings Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Graham Holdings Co'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 $362 Mil.
Graham Holdings Co (NYSE:GHC) 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.
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Graham Holdings Co (Graham Holdings Co) Business Description
Graham Holdings Co. is a diversified education and media company made up of subsidiaries. Firm operations include educational services; television broadcasting; online, print, and local news; home health and hospice care; and manufacturing. The Company segments into the following seven reportable segments: Kaplan International, Higher Education, Supplemental Education, Television Broadcasting, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Automotive. The majority of revenue comes from the Kaplan International segment, which includes higher education, test preparation, language instruction, and professional training. A large portion of company revenue also comes from the television broadcasting segment through advertising.
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