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Public Storage (Public Storage) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.55% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Public Storage Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Public Storage's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $66,757 Mil. Public Storage's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,372 Mil. Public Storage's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.55%.

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

PSA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.39   Med: 3.42   Max: 7.96
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Public Storage was 7.96%. The lowest was 2.39%. And the median was 3.42%.

PSA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
60.96% of 894 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.845 vs PSA: 4.00

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) %. Public Storage's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 23.68%. 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.


Public Storage Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Public Storage Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Public Storage 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 3.68 3.05 2.70 7.57 3.55

Public Storage 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 7.57 7.11 7.19 3.92 3.55

Competitive Comparison of Public Storage's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the REIT - Industrial subindustry, Public Storage'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.


Public Storage's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Public Storage's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Public Storage 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2372.073/66756.698
=3.55 %

Public Storage'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 $2,372 Mil.



Public Storage  (NYSE:PSA) 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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Public Storage (Public Storage) Business Description

Industry
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Address
701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA, USA, 91201-2349
Public Storage is the largest owner of self-storage facilities in the U.S. with more than 2,880 self-storage facilities in 40 states and approximately 200 million square feet of rentable space. Through equity interests, it also has exposure to the European self-storage market through Shurgard Self Storage. The company also has a merchandise business, a third-party property management business, and an insurance business that offers products to cover losses for the goods in self-storage facilities.
Executives
Nathaniel A. Vitan officer: Chief Legal Officer 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201-2349
John Reyes director 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Havner Ronald L Jr director 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Avedick Baruyr Poladian director 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
David Lee officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O PUBLIC STORAGE, 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Russell Joseph D Jr officer: President & CEO PUBLIC STORAGE, 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Tamara Hughes Gustavson director, 10 percent owner 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201-2349
Heisz Leslie Stone director C/O PUBLIC STORAGE, 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Ronald P Spogli director 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Kristy Pipes director C/O PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC., 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Shroff Michelle Millstone director C/O PARTY CITY HOLDCO INC., 80 GRASSLANDS ROAD, ELMSFORD NY 10523
Rebecca L Owen director 1750 H STREET, SUITE 500, COLUMBIA EQUITY TRUST, INC., WASHINGTON DC 20006
Paul S Williams director C/O MAJOR, LINDSEY & AFRICA, 1 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 1750, CHICAGO IL 60606
Tariq M Shaukat director ONE CAESARS PALACE DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
David J Neithercut director C/O EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606