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Stillwater Mining Co (Stillwater Mining Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.67% (As of Dec. 2016)


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What is Stillwater Mining Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Stillwater Mining Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $1,777.8 Mil. Stillwater Mining Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2016 was $29.6 Mil. Stillwater Mining Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was 1.67%.

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

SWC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: -12.335
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Stillwater Mining Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 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.


Stillwater Mining Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Stillwater Mining Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Stillwater Mining Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Stillwater Mining Co Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.49 -28.49 6.93 -1.91 1.67

Stillwater Mining Co Quarterly Data
Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16
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 -1.91 -4.03 -0.51 1.57 1.67

Competitive Comparison of Stillwater Mining Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Stillwater Mining Co'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.


Stillwater Mining Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Stillwater Mining Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Stillwater Mining Co 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.

Stillwater Mining Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=29.644/1777.76374
=1.67 %

Stillwater Mining Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $29.6 Mil.



Stillwater Mining Co  (NYSE:SWC) 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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Stillwater Mining Co (Stillwater Mining Co) Business Description

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Stillwater Mining Company is the only platinum-group metals miner in the United States, and one of the producers outside of South Africa and the Russian Federation. The company is engaged in the development, extraction, and processing of platinum-group metals from a geological formation in south-central Montana known as the J-M Reef. Platinum-group metals are rare precious metals used in a wide variety of applications, including automobile catalysts, fuel cells, hydrogen purification, electronics, jewellery, dentistry, medicine, and coinage. The company also recycles the metals from catalytic converters and other industrial sources. It has Mine production, PGM recycling, Canadian properties, South American properties and All other. Mine production segment engages in the development, extraction, processing and refining of PGMs. The PGM catalyst segment recycles spent catalyst material to recover PGM contained in the material. The Canadian properties segment consists primarily marathon mineral property assets. The exploration stage Marathon mineral properties include PGM and copper deposit located near town of Marathon and Ontario and properties adjacent to Marathon. The South American properties segment includes Peregrine metals Ltd assets. All other segment covers assets including investments, revenues, expenses of corporate and support functions.
Executives
Patrice E Merrin director 92 BIRCH AVENUE, TORONTO A6 M4V1C8
George M Bee director 30 OLD MILL ROAD, SUITE 806, ETOBICOKE A6 M8X 0A5
Kevin G Shiell officer: Vice President STILLWATER MINING COMPANY, 1321 DISCOVERY DRIVE, BILLINGS MT 59102
Patrick M James other: Former Director C/O STILLWATER MINING COMPANY, 1321 DISCOVERY DRIVE, BILLINGS MT 59102
Sheryl K Pressler other: Former Director 5085 HAVEN COURT, ATLANTA GA 30342
Francis R Mcallister officer: Chief Executive Officer STILLWATER MINING COMPANY, 1321 DISCOVERY DRIVE, BILLINGS MT 59102
Platinum Investment Management Ltd 10 percent owner C/O PLATINUM ASSET MANAGEMENT, LEVEL 8, 7 MACQUARIE PLACE, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 2000 C3 00000
Norlisk Nickel Mmc 10 percent owner VOZNESENSKY PEREULOK, 22 USADBA CENTER MOSCOW, RUSSIA 1Z 0000
Norilsk Holdings Sa 10 percent owner 50 RUE DU RHONE 1204, GENEVE, SWITZERLAND V8 0000
Riegle Donald W Jr other: Former Director WELLPOINT, INC, 120 MONUMENT CIRCLE, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204
Mcguire Michael E Jr other: Former Director 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Vladimir O Potanin 10 percent owner 9 BOLSHAYA YAKIMANKA STREET, MOSCOW RUSSIA 1Z 0000
Mikhail D Prokhorov 10 percent owner VOZNESENSKY PEREULOK, 22 USADBA CENTER, MOSCOW RUSSIA 1Z 0000
Stephen A Lang officer: Executive Vice President 1 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 1500, TORONTO A6 M5J 2P1
Jack Edward Thompson director ONE NORTH CENTRAL AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85004

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