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Natural Gas Services Group (Natural Gas Services Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.97% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Natural Gas Services Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Natural Gas Services Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $360.3 Mil. Natural Gas Services Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $10.7 Mil. Natural Gas Services Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.97%.

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

NGS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -31.83   Med: 0.59   Max: 9.75
Current: 2.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Natural Gas Services Group was 9.75%. The lowest was -31.83%. And the median was 0.59%.

NGS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
62.05% of 1091 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.56 vs NGS: 2.31

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) %. Natural Gas Services Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -2.30%. 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.


Natural Gas Services Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Natural Gas Services Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Natural Gas Services Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Natural Gas Services Group 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 -9.66 -3.04 -10.71 0.20 2.97

Natural Gas Services Group 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 0.20 0.27 0.51 1.96 2.97

Competitive Comparison of Natural Gas Services Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Natural Gas Services Group'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.


Natural Gas Services Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Natural Gas Services Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Natural Gas Services Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Natural Gas Services Group 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.

Natural Gas Services Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=10.702/360.29224
=2.97 %

Natural Gas Services Group'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 $10.7 Mil.



Natural Gas Services Group  (NYSE:NGS) 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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Natural Gas Services Group (Natural Gas Services Group) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
404 Veterans Airpark Lane, Suite 300, Midland, TX, USA, 79705
Natural Gas Services Group Inc provides natural gas compression equipment and services to the energy industry. The company manufacture, fabricate, rent, sell and maintain natural gas compressors and flare systems for oil and natural gas production and plant facilities. Its operating units include Gas Compressor Rental, Engineered Equipment Sales, Service, and Maintenance. The company generates the majority of its revenue by renting out low- to medium-horsepower compression equipment to natural gas production companies in unconventional oil and gas regions of the United States.
Executives
Georganne Hodges director 2105 CITYWEST BLVD., SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX 77042
John D. Bittner officer: Interim CFO 1920 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 950, DALLAS TX 75201
Brian L Tucker officer: Chief Operating Officer 1250 NE LOOP 410, #1000, SAN ANTONIO TX 78209
Donald J Tringali director C/O INFORMATION ANALYSIS INCORPORATED, 11240 WAPLES MILL RD STE 201, FAIRFAX VA 22030
Justin Jacobs director 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
James D Faircloth officer: Interim CFO 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
Leslie Ann Beyer director C/O NATURAL GAS SERVICES GROUP., INC., 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
James R Hazlett officer: Vice President-Technical Svcs. 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
Stephen Charles Taylor director, officer: President and CEO 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
John Chisholm director C/O FLOTEK INDUSTRIES, INC., 2930 W. SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY N., STE. 300, HOUSTON TX 77043
Micah C. Foster officer: Chief Financial Officer 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
Nigel Jenvey director 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
James R Lawrence officer: VP & Chief Financial Officer C/O NATURAL GAS SERVICES GROUP, INC., 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
David L Bradshaw director 508 WEST WALL STREET, SUITE 550, MIDLAND TX 79701
G Larry Lawrence officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LEGACY RESERVES GP, LLC, 303 W. WALL STREET, SUITE 1600, MIDLAND TX 79701