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WellCare Health Plans (WellCare Health Plans) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 8.33% (As of Sep. 2019)


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What is WellCare Health Plans Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

WellCare Health Plans's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was $11,420 Mil. WellCare Health Plans's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 was $951 Mil. WellCare Health Plans's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was 8.33%.

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

WCG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Healthcare Plans industry.
Industry Median: 4.95
* 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) %. WellCare Health Plans's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was 25.70%. 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.


WellCare Health Plans Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for WellCare Health Plans's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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WellCare Health Plans Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

WellCare Health Plans Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.20 19.16 19.72 9.69 8.26

WellCare Health Plans Quarterly Data
Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19
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 5.37 8.26 7.13 6.78 8.33

Competitive Comparison of WellCare Health Plans's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, WellCare Health Plans'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.


WellCare Health Plans's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, WellCare Health Plans's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



WellCare Health Plans 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.

WellCare Health Planss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=780.3/9445.294588
=8.26 %

WellCare Health Plans's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $951 Mil.



WellCare Health Plans  (NYSE:WCG) 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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WellCare Health Plans (WellCare Health Plans) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
8735 Henderson Road, Renaissance One, Tampa, FL, USA, 33634
WellCare Health Plans Inc is a managed care organization focused on government-sponsored managed care services, including Medicare and Medicaid. WellCare's membership is concentrated in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New York, and Illinois. Its key segments are Medicaid health plans, Medicare health plans, and Medicare prescription drug plans. Medicaid health plans represent the largest proportion of both total membership and premium revenue. The Medicaid segment generates revenue from the premiums received from the states in which health plans are offered, based on a fixed per-member per-month amount. WellCare also provides Medicare Part C and Part D benefits through its Medicare Advantage plans.
Executives
William L Trubeck director ONE H&R BLOCK WAY, KANSAS CITY MO 64105
H James Dallas director 127 PUBLIC SQUARE, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Kenneth A Burdick director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 6705 ROCKLEDGE DR, SUITE 900, BETHESDA MD 20817
Anat Hakim officer: EVP, General Counsel/Secretary LILLY CORPORATE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Paul E Weaver director C/O GATEWAY, INC., 7565 IRVINE CENTER DRIVE, IRVINE CA 92618
Steele Glenn Jr Md Phd director 250 TECHNOLOGY PARK, LAKE MARY FL 32746-6232
Carol Burt director C/O WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC., 8725 HENDERSON ROAD, TAMPA FL 33634
Roel C Campos director 509 WEST BUTLER ROAD, GREENVILLE SC 29607
Maurice Hebert officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC., 8735 HENDERSON ROAD, TAMPA FL 33634
David J Gallitano director 3552 CHURCH ROAD, ELLICOTT CITY MD 21043
Thomas L Tran officer: Chief Financial Officer 8735 HENDERSON ROAD, TAMPA FL 33625
Lisa G Iglesias officer: SVP, General Counsel 1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE, LAW DEPT. 7S730, CHATTANOOGA TN 37402
Lucinda M. Baily officer: Chief Compliance Officer 10910 DOMAIN DRIVE, SUITE 300, AUSTIN TX 78758
Walter W. Cooper officer: Chief Administrative Officer 8725 HENDERSON ROAD, REN. 1, TAMPA FL 33634
Charles Berg other: Former Director 48 MONROE TURNPIKE, TRUMBULL CT 06611