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Tennant Co (Tennant Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 7.41% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Tennant Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,854 Mil. Tennant Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $137 Mil. Tennant Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.41%.

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

TNC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.48   Med: 5.03   Max: 9.22
Current: 5.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Tennant Co was 9.22%. The lowest was 1.48%. And the median was 5.03%.

TNC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
59.41% of 3035 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.51 vs TNC: 5.91

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) %. Tennant Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.07%. 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.


Tennant Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tennant Co'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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Tennant Co 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 4.12 3.87 4.82 6.20 7.41

Tennant Co 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 6.20 7.16 7.61 9.18 7.41

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Tennant 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.


Tennant Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Tennant Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Tennant 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.

Tennant Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=137.3/1853.744466
=7.41 %

Tennant Co'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 $137 Mil.



Tennant Co  (NYSE:TNC) 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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Tennant Co (Tennant Co) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10400 Clean Street, Eden Prairie, MN, USA, 55344
Tennant Co is a manufacturer of floor cleaning equipment, wood flooring, and wood products. It operates in four geographic business units including North America; Latin America; Europe, Middle East, Africa; and Asia Pacific. The company offers products and solutions consisting of mechanized cleaning equipment, detergent-free, and other sustainable cleaning technologies, aftermarket parts and consumables, equipment maintenance and repair service, specialty surface coatings, and business solutions such as financing, rental and leasing programs, and machine-to-machine asset management solutions.
Executives
Kristin A. Stokes officer: Interim General Counsel 701 N. LILAC DRIVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55422
Donal L Mulligan director ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Steven Alan Sonnenberg director EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT - ROSEMOUNT, 8200 MARKET BOULEVARD, CHANHASSEN MN 55317
David W. Huml officer: Sr. VP, Global Marketing 701 N. LILAC DRIVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55422
Richard H. Zay officer: Senior VP, The Americas 701 N. LILAC DRIVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55422
Carol E. Mcknight officer: Senior VP and CAO 701 N. LILAC DRIVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55422
Azita Arvani director 1522 LOMA DRIVE, HERMOSA BEACH CA 90254
Carol S Eicher director ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, 100 INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST, PHILADELPHIA PA 19106
Andrew P. Hider director 10400 CLEAN STREET, EDEN PRARIE MN 55344
Chris Killingstad director, officer: President and CEO C/O TENNANT COMPANY, 701 N. LILAC DRIVE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55422
Fay West officer: Senior VP, CFO 1011 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 600, LISLE IL 60532
Barb Balinski officer: SVP, Innovation & Technology 10400 CLEAN STREET, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344
Timothy R. Morse director C/O YAHOO! INC., 701 FIRST AVENUE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
David S Wichmann director BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752
Daniel E. Glusick officer: SVP, Operations 10400 CLEAN STREET, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344-2650

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