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Byrna Technologies (Byrna Technologies) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -2.45% (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Byrna Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Byrna Technologies's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $243.45 Mil. Byrna Technologies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $-5.96 Mil. Byrna Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was -2.45%.

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

BYRN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -104.8   Med: -12.81   Max: 0.02
Current: -2.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Byrna Technologies was 0.02%. The lowest was -104.80%. And the median was -12.81%.

BYRN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
78.53% of 312 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.575 vs BYRN: -2.07

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) %. Byrna Technologies's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 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.


Byrna Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Byrna Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Byrna Technologies Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -15.77 -5.43 -1.12 -4.50 -7.07

Byrna Technologies Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 -3.74 -5.08 -11.25 -7.07 -2.45

Competitive Comparison of Byrna Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Byrna Technologies'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.


Byrna Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Byrna Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Byrna Technologies 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.

Byrna Technologiess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-7.79/110.1157
=-7.07 %

Byrna Technologies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-5.96 Mil.



Byrna Technologies  (NAS:BYRN) 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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Byrna Technologies (Byrna Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
100 Burtt Road, Suite 115, Andover, MA, USA, 01810
Byrna Technologies Inc is a designer, manufacturer, retailer and distributor of technological solutions for security situations that do not require the use of lethal force. The company generates its revenue from the United States, South Africa, Europe, South America, Asia and Canada.
Executives
David North officer: Chief Financial Officer 100 BURTT RD., SUITE 115, ANDOVER MA 01810
Bryan Ganz director, officer: CEO Pres Chairman of the Board C/O ARRHYTHMIA RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY, INC., 25 SAWYER PASSWAY, FITCHBURG MA 01420
Luan Pham officer: CRMO C/O LAIRD SUPERFOOD, INC., 275 W. LUNDGREN MILL DRIVE, SISTERS OR 97759
Michael Wager officer: Chief Strategy Officer 100 BURTT ROAD, SUITE 115, BOSTON MA 01810
Lisa Wager officer: Chief Legal Officer 100 BURTT RD., SUITE 115, ANDOVER MA 01810
Leonard J Elmore director ONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 500, CARLE PLACE NY 11514
Emily Rooney director 100 BURTT ROAD, SUITE 115, ANDOVER MA 01810
Michael Scott Gillespie officer: Chief Operating Officer 100 BURTT ROAD, SUITE 115, ANDOVER MA 01810
Chris Lavern Reed director 100 BURTT RD., SUITE 115, ANDOVER MA 01810
Lapeyre Pierre F Jr 10 percent owner C/O RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS, 712 FIFTH AVENUE 36TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Paul C. Jensen director TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER, PITTSBURGH PA 15212
Clive D Bode director 909 HIDDEN RIDGE STE 600, IRVING TX 75038
Herbert Hughes director 100 BURTT ROAD, SUITE 115, ANDOVER MA 01810
Rodd Friedman 10 percent owner 12 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 203, NORWALK CT 06854
Ref Securities & Co. 10 percent owner 12 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 203, NORWALK CT 06854