Metro's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $15,058 Mil.
Metro's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,090 Mil. Metro's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.30%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Metro's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
MTRAF'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.42 Med: 6.97 Max: 21.9
Current: 7.33
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Metro was 21.90%. The lowest was 5.42%. And the median was 6.97%.
MTRAF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 54.86% of 319
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 6.24
vs MTRAF: 7.33
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) %. Metro's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.54%. 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.
Metro Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Metro'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.
Competitive Comparison of Metro's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Metro'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.
Metro's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Metro's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Metro's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Metro 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.
Metros Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as
Metro'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 $1,090 Mil.
Metro (OTCPK:MTRAF) 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.
Metro Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
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Metro is the third-largest grocery retailer in Canada (behind Loblaw and Sobeys) and also owns the top pharmacy chain in Quebec, Jean Coutu, following the 2018 acquisition. Its grocery banners include supermarket chain Metro, discounters Super C and Food Basics, and ethnic food grocer Adonis, while its pharmacies primarily operate under the Jean Coutu and Brunet trademarks. Metro operates both as a food retailer and a franchisor, licensing its trademarks and supplying merchandise to registered pharmacists. The firm also acts as a wholesaler and distributor to serve smaller, neighborhood grocery stores. Unlike peers Loblaw and Sobeys that operate chain stores across Canada, Metro's operations are concentrated in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, with no presence in western Canada.
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