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Universal Insurance Holdings (Universal Insurance Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 51.81% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Universal Insurance Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $182 Mil. Universal Insurance Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $94 Mil. Universal Insurance Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 51.81%.

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

UVE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -197.35   Med: 7.03   Max: 58.63
Current: 34.48

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Universal Insurance Holdings was 58.63%. The lowest was -197.35%. And the median was 7.03%.

UVE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
88.41% of 492 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.41 vs UVE: 34.48

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) %. Universal Insurance Holdings'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.


Universal Insurance Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Universal Insurance Holdings'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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Universal Insurance Holdings 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 - 6.55 7.06 -59.52 51.81

Universal Insurance Holdings 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 -59.52 -2.72 4.80 56.18 51.81

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Universal Insurance Holdings'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.


Universal Insurance Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Universal Insurance Holdings 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=94.172/182.17368
=51.69 %

Universal Insurance Holdings'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 $94 Mil.



Universal Insurance Holdings  (NYSE:UVE) 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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Universal Insurance Holdings (Universal Insurance Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1110 West Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 33309
Universal Insurance Holdings Inc is a private personal residential homeowner insurance company. The company all aspects of insurance underwriting, policy issuance, general administration and claims processing and settlement internally through our vertically integrated operations. It generates revenues primarily from the collection of premiums. It operates within Florida and across the United States.
Executives
Sean P Downes director 2875 N.E. 191ST, SUITE 300, MIAMI FL 33180
Stephen Donaghy director, officer: CEO UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC., 1110 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Michael Pietrangelo director 6410 POPLAR AVE, STE 190, MIMPHIS TN 38119
Gary Lloyd Ropiecki officer: Principal Accounting Officer 1110 W. COMMERCIAL BLVD., FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Jon Springer director, officer: President and CRO UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC., 1110 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Shannon A Brown director 1001 TILLMAN STREET, MEMPHIS TN 38112
Mccahill Francis Xavier Iii director 1314 SOUTH RAMONA AVENUE, INDIALANTIC FL 32903
Scott P. Callahan director 1110 W. COMMERCIAL BLVD., SUITE 100, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Joel Wilentz director 5811 SW 33RD TERR, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33312
Ozzie A Schindler director 1451 STILLWATER DRIVE, MIAMI BEACH FL 33141-1031
Richard D Peterson director 1110 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Marlene Gordon director C/O FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC.,, PO BOX 149222, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Frank Wilcox officer: CFO, Principal Acct. Officer 1110 W. COMMERCIAL BLVD., SUITE 100, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Kimberly D Campos director, officer: CIO & CAO 1110 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Ralph J. Palmieri director 1110 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309