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ALHC (Alignment Healthcare) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.95% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Alignment Healthcare Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Alignment Healthcare's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3,531 Mil. Alignment Healthcare's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $-69 Mil. Alignment Healthcare's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was -1.95%.

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

ALHC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -23.17   Med: -7.72   Max: -0.19
Current: -2.46

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Alignment Healthcare was -0.19%. The lowest was -23.17%. And the median was -7.72%.

ALHC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
95.24% of 21 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 7.03 vs ALHC: -2.46

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) %. Alignment Healthcare's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five 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.


Alignment Healthcare Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alignment Healthcare's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Alignment Healthcare Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Alignment Healthcare Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -7.66 -6.69 -8.58 -5.18

Alignment Healthcare Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 -16.58 -9.67 -5.73 -5.18 -1.95

Competitive Comparison of Alignment Healthcare's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Alignment Healthcare'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.


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

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

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


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Alignment Healthcare 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.

Alignment Healthcares Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-104.503/2017.23075
=-5.18 %

Alignment Healthcare's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-69 Mil.



Alignment Healthcare  (NAS:ALHC) 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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Alignment Healthcare Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1100 W. Town & Country Road, Suite 1600, Orange, CA, USA, 92868
Alignment Healthcare Inc is a next-generation, consumer-centric platform that is revolutionizing the healthcare experience for seniors through Medicare Advantage plans. These plans are marketed and sold direct-to-consumer, allowing seniors to select the manner in which customers receive healthcare coverage and services on an annual basis. The company combines a technology platform and clinical model for more effective health outcomes.
Executives
Dawn Christine Maroney officer: President, Markets C/O ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE, INC., 1100 W. TOWN & COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 1600, ORANGE CA 92868
John E Kao director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
Christopher J Joyce officer: Chief Legal and Admin. Officer C/O ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORP, 110 EAST 59TH STREET 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Robert L. Scavo officer: Chief Information Officer C/O ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE, INC., 1100 W. TOWN AND COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 160, ORANGE CA 92868
Hakan Kardes officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE, INC., 1100 W. TOWN AND COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 160, ORANGE CA 92868
Robert Thomas Freeman officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE, INC., 1100 W. TOWN & COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 1600, ORANGE CA 92868
Hyong Kim officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE, INC., 1100 W TOWN AND COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 1600, ORANGE CA 92868
Joseph S Konowiecki director 5995 PLAZA DR, CYPRESS CA 90630
Jeffrey H Margolis director 567 SAN NICHOLAS DRIVE, SUITE 360, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Melinda Michele Kimbro officer: Chief People Officer 6155 EL CAMINO REAL, CARLSBAD CA 92009
Dinesh M. Kumar officer: Chief Health Officer C/O ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE, INC., 1100 W. TOWN & COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 1600, ORANGE CA 92868
Richard A. Cross officer: SVP, General Counsel C/O ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE, INC., 1100 W. TOWN AND COUNTRY ROAD, STE. 1600, ORANGE CA 92868
Warburg Pincus Llc director, 10 percent owner 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
General Atlantic (aln Hlth), L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE COMPANY, LP, 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
General Atlantic, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055