Verso's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 was $628 Mil.
Verso's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2021 was $-4 Mil. Verso's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 was -1.02%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Verso's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
VRS'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -93.91 Med: 5.39 Max: 29.59
Current: -0.64
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Verso was 29.59%. The lowest was -93.91%. And the median was 5.39%.
VRS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Forest Products industry.
Industry Median: 4.455
vs VRS: -0.64
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) %. Verso's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 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.
Verso Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Verso'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 Verso's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Verso'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.
Verso's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Forest Products Industry
For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Verso's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Verso's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Verso 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.
Versos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as
Verso's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4 Mil.
Verso (NYSE:VRS) 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.
Verso Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
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Verso Corp is a North American producer of printing papers, specialty papers, and pulp. The company produces a wide range of paper products, including coated freesheet, coated groundwood, coated digital, inkjet, supercalendered, and uncoated freesheet. These paper products are used primarily in media and marketing applications, such as catalogs, magazines, advertising brochures, and annual reports. The company also sells kraft pulp, which is used to manufacture tissue products and printing and writing grade paper; however, the group derives the majority of its revenue from its paper products.
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