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Service International (Service International) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.49% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Service International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Service International's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $14,597 Mil. Service International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $948 Mil. Service International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.49%.

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

SCI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.81   Med: 6.1   Max: 8.87
Current: 6.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Service International was 8.87%. The lowest was 4.81%. And the median was 6.10%.

SCI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
59.62% of 104 companies
in the Personal Services industry
Industry Median: 4.595 vs SCI: 6.33

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) %. Service International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 19.31%. 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.


Service International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Service International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Service International 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 5.50 6.89 7.78 6.23 6.49

Service International 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 6.23 5.70 6.06 6.76 6.49

Competitive Comparison of Service International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Personal Services subindustry, Service International'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.


Service International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Personal Services Industry

For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Service International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Service International 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=948.053/14597.35135
=6.49 %

Service International'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 $948 Mil.



Service International  (NYSE:SCI) 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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Service International (Service International) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX, USA, 77019
Service Corp International is a personal services company that provides funeral and cemetery services and products from its locations throughout the United States and Canada. The company segments its operations into funeral service and cemetery business functions. At its funeral service locations, Service Corp. provides all professional services, facilities, vehicles, and merchandise related to funerals and cremations. Cemetery locations provide cemetery property, memorial markers, and graveyard services to customers. Service Corp. derives the majority of its revenue from its funeral locations, while the cemetery division also generates a significant amount of the company's total income. Geographically, the company gets a major share of revenue from the United States.
Executives
John H Faulk officer: Vice Pres Business Development 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77019
Elisabeth G. Nash officer: V.P. Processes & Technology 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77019
Tony Coelho director C/O PINNACLE GLOBAL GROUP, 5599 SAN FELIPE #1212, HOUSTON TX 77056
Thomas L Ryan officer: President,Chief Operating Off. 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77219
Lori Spilde officer: Sr. V.P. and General Counsel 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77019
Steven A Tidwell officer: V.P. Main Street Operations 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77019
Buckwalter Alan R Iii director
Eric D Tanzberger officer: VP, Corporate Controller 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77219
Jakki L. Haussler director 221 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Ellen Ochoa director 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77019
Gregory T Sangalis officer: Sr. V.P. and General Counsel 46 HIBURY DRIVE, HOUSTON TX 77024
Waring Sumner J Iii officer: VP Western Operations 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77219
C Park Shaper director 1001 LOUISIANA, STE 1000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Victor L Lund director ONE RAVINIA DRIVE, STE 1500, ATLANTA GA 30346
Marcus A Watts director