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RPC (RES) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 18.73% (As of Dec. 2023)
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RPC's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,369 Mil. RPC's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $257 Mil. RPC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 18.73%.

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

RES' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -89.41   Med: 6.13   Max: 27.54
Current: 17.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of RPC was 27.54%. The lowest was -89.41%. And the median was 6.13%.

RES's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
80.05% of 1093 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.51 vs RES: 17.30

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) %. RPC'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.


RPC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for RPC'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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RPC 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 -10.13 -49.50 1.95 15.87 18.73

RPC 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 15.87 23.75 26.11 17.76 18.73

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, RPC'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.


RPC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



RPC 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=256.584/1369.24028
=18.74 %

RPC'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 $257 Mil.



RPC  (NYSE:RES) 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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RPC (RES) Business Description

Industry
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Address
2801 Buford Highway NE, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30329
RPC Inc is an oilfield services company. It provides specialized oilfield services and equipment primarily to independent and major oil and gas companies engaged in the exploration, production, and development of oil and gas properties throughout the United States. The company's operating segment includes Technical Services and Support Services. It generates maximum revenue from the Technical Services segment. Technical Services segment consists primarily of pressure pumping, downhole tools, coiled tubing, snubbing, nitrogen, well control, wireline, and fishing. Support Services segment consists primarily of drill pipe and related tools, pipe handling, pipe inspection and storage services, and oilfield training and consulting services.
Executives
Gary W. Rollins Voting Trust U/a Dated September 14, 1994 10 percent owner C/O RFA MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, 1908 CLIFF VALLEY WAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30329
Amy Rollins Kreisler director 2801 BUFORD HIGHWAY, NE, SUITE 520, ATLANTA GA 30329
Timothy Curtis Rollins director 2801 BUFORD HIGHWAY, NE, SUITE 520, ATLANTA GA 30329
Pam R Rollins director 2170 PIEDMONT ROAD, ATLANTA GA 30324
Gary W Rollins director, 10 percent owner 2170 PIEDMONT ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA 30324
Lor Inc 10 percent owner C/O RFA MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, 1908 CLIFF VALLEY WAY NE, ATLANTA GA 30329
Michael Schmit officer: CFO and Corporate Secretary 3055 TORRINGTON DRIVE, BALL GROUND GA 30107
John F Wilson director 2170 PIEDMONT ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30324
Rollins Holding Company, Inc. 10 percent owner C/O RFA MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, 1908 CLIFF VALLEY WAY NE, ATLANTA GA 30329
Ben M Palmer officer: VP, CFO and Treasurer C/O MARINE PRODUCTS CORP, 2170 PIEDMONT RD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30324
Patrick J. Gunning director 1958 CALDER COURT, DUNWOODY GA 30338
Susan R. Bell director 852 CASTLE FALLS DR., ATLANTA GA 30329
Harry J Cynkus director 2170 PIEDMONT RD, ATLANTA GA 30324
Jerry W Nix director 2999 WILDWOOD PARKWAY, ATLANTA GA 30339
R. Randall Rollins 2012 Trust 10 percent owner C/O RFA MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, 1908 CLIFF VALLEY WAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30329

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