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Bright Lights Acquisition (Bright Lights Acquisition) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.72% (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Bright Lights Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Bright Lights Acquisition's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $0.00 Mil. Bright Lights Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 was $-4.89 Mil. Bright Lights Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was -1.72%.

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

BLTSU' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.68   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -1.7

BLTSU's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: -1.765 vs BLTSU: -1.70

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) %. Bright Lights Acquisition's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 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.


Bright Lights Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bright Lights Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Bright Lights Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Bright Lights Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -2.53

Bright Lights Acquisition Quarterly Data
Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -1.54 -2.53 -2.67 -2.20 -1.72

Competitive Comparison of Bright Lights Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Bright Lights Acquisition'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.


Bright Lights Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Bright Lights Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bright Lights Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Bright Lights Acquisition 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.

Bright Lights Acquisitions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-7.177/0
= %

Bright Lights Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4.89 Mil.



Bright Lights Acquisition  (NAS:BLTSU) 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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Bright Lights Acquisition (Bright Lights Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
12100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1150, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90025
Bright Lights Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Mark S Shapiro director C/O RED ZONE LLC, 21300 REDSKIN PARK DRIVE, ASHBURN VA 20147
Peter Guber director 4751 WILSHIRE BLVD, 3RD FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90010
John Howard director 277 PARK AVENUE, 39TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10172
Bright Lights Sponsor Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks. 12100 WILSHIIRE BLVD SUITE 1150, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Allen Shapiro director C/O BRIGHT LIGHTS ACQUISITION CORP., 12100 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 1150, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Michael Mahan director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO C/O BRIGHT LIGHTS ACQUISITION CORP., 12100 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 1150, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Bright Lights Holdco Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks. C/O BRIGHT LIGHTS ACQUISITION CORP., 12100 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 1150, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Ciara Wilson director C/O BRIGHT LIGHTS ACQUISITION CORP., 12100 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 1150, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Selena Kalvaria director C/O BRIGHT LIGHTS ACQUISITION CORP., 12100 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 1150, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Hahn Lee officer: CFO & Secretary C/O BRIGHT LIGHTS ACQUISITION CORP., 12100 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 1150, LOS ANGELES CA 90025

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