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The Hanover Insurance Group (The Hanover Insurance Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.56% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is The Hanover Insurance Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

The Hanover Insurance Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,814 Mil. The Hanover Insurance Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $75 Mil. The Hanover Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.56%.

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

THG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.03   Med: 8.11   Max: 14.67
Current: 1.44

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The Hanover Insurance Group was 14.67%. The lowest was -2.03%. And the median was 8.11%.

THG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
61.71% of 491 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.64 vs THG: 1.44

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) %. The Hanover Insurance Group'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.


The Hanover Insurance Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Hanover Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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The Hanover Insurance Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

The Hanover Insurance Group 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 9.84 9.80 10.67 3.37 1.56

The Hanover Insurance Group 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 3.37 0.59 -1.89 -2.01 1.56

Competitive Comparison of The Hanover Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, The Hanover Insurance Group'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.


The Hanover Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, The Hanover Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Hanover Insurance Group 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.

The Hanover Insurance Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=75.2/4813.936
=1.56 %

The Hanover Insurance Group'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 $75 Mil.



The Hanover Insurance Group  (NYSE:THG) 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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The Hanover Insurance Group (The Hanover Insurance Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
440 Lincoln Street, Worcester, MA, USA, 01653
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc is a holding company whose primary business is offering property and casualty insurance products and services. The company markets itself through independent agents and brokers in the United States while conducting business internationally through a wholly owned subsidiary, Chaucer Holdings Limited, domiciled in the United Kingdom. The company conducts business operations through three operating segments: Commercial Lines, Personal Lines and Other. The company operates an investment portfolio that is primarily exposed to fixed-income securities.
Executives
Jane D Carlin director C/O PHH CORPORATION, 3000 LEADENHALL ROAD, MT. LAUREL NJ 08054
David John Lovely officer: Executive Vice President 440 LINCOLN STREET, WORCESTER MA 01653
Mark Joseph Welzenbach officer: Senior Vice President C/O THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC., 440 LINCOLN STREET (S-316), WORCESTER MA 01653
Elizabeth A Ward director 440 LINCOLN STREET, WORCESTER MA 01653
Francisco Aristeguieta director 388 GREENWICH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10013
John C Roche officer: Vice President C/O THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC., 440 LINCOLN STREET, WORCESTER MA 01653
Warren E Barnes officer: Vice President of Subsidiary THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC., 440 LINCOLN STREET, WORCESTER MA 01653
Richard W Lavey officer: Vice President of Subsidiary THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC., 440 LINCOLN STREET, WORCESTER MA 01653
Jeffrey M Farber officer: Executive Vice President C/O THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, 440 LINCOLN STREET, WORCESTER MA 01653
Willard T Lee officer: Senior Vice President 440 LINCOLN STREET, WORCESTER MA 01653
Bryan J Salvatore officer: Executive Vice President 440 LINCOLN STREET, N435, WORCESTER MA 01653
J Paul Condrin director 440 LINCOLN STREET, WORCESTER MA 01653
Bunting Theodore H Jr director P. O. BOX 61000, NEW ORLEANS LA 70161
Martin P Hughes director C/O HUB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, 55 EAST JACKSON BLVD, CHICAGO IL 60604
Dennis Francis Kerrigan officer: Executive Vice President 440 LINCOLN STREET, E-10, WORCESTER MA 01653