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PG&E (PCG) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 3.70% (As of Dec. 2023)
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PG&E's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $95,819 Mil. PG&E's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,549 Mil. PG&E's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.70%.

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

PCG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -391.74   Med: 3.37   Max: 8.9
Current: 3.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of PG&E was 8.90%. The lowest was -391.74%. And the median was 3.37%.

PCG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
77.44% of 523 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 7.01 vs PCG: 3.83

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) %. PG&E's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. 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.


PG&E Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for PG&E'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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PG&E 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 -123.46 0.51 3.31 2.69 3.70

PG&E 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 2.69 2.73 2.87 2.62 3.70

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, PG&E'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.


PG&E Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where PG&E's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



PG&E 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.

PG&Es Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=3549/95818.808
=3.70 %

PG&E'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 $3,549 Mil.



PG&E  (NYSE:PCG) 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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PG&E (PCG) Business Description

Industry
Address
300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA, USA, 94612
PG&E is a holding company whose main subsidiary is Pacific Gas and Electric, a regulated utility operating in Central and Northern California that serves 5.3 million electricity customers and 4.6 million gas customers in 47 of the state's 58 counties. PG&E operated under bankruptcy court supervision between January 2019 and June 2020. In 2004, PG&E sold its unregulated assets as part of an earlier postbankruptcy reorganization.
Executives
Cheryl F. Campbell director C/O 77 BEALE ST., P.O. BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Carolyn Jeanne Burke officer: EVP Finance C/O EXCELERATE ENERGY, INC., 2445 TECHNOLOGY FOREST BLVD., LEVEL 6, THE WOODLANDS TX 77381
Patricia K Poppe director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 77 BEALE STREET, POB 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Edward G Cannizzaro director 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Stephanie N Williams officer: VP and Controller 77 BEALE STREET, PO BOX 77000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Pg&e Fire Victim Trust 10 percent owner TWO EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 1500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
William Lloyd Smith director 46429 LANDING PARKWAY, FREMONT CA 94538
Marlene Santos other: EVP, CCO at PG&E Company 77 BEALE STREET, P.O. BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94117
Carlos M Hernandez director
Adam L Wright other: EVP, Ops & COO at PG&E Company 77 BEALE STREET, P.O. BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Julius Cox officer: EVP/Ppl, Shrd Svcs & Spply Chn 77 BEALE STREET, POB 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Sumeet Singh officer: EVP/CRO & Chf Safety Ofc 77 BEALE STREET, PO BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Ajay Waghray officer: SVP & Chf Information Ofc C/O ASSURANT, INC., 28 LIBERTY STREET, 41 FL., NEW YORK NY 1
Carla J Peterman officer: EVP/Corp. Affairs & CSO 77 BEALE STREET, P.O. BOX 77000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Christopher A Foster officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 77 BEALE ST., P.O. BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177