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FGI Industries (FGI Industries) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.04% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is FGI Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

FGI Industries's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $37.0 Mil. FGI Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.9 Mil. FGI Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.04%.

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

FGI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.15   Med: 11.24   Max: 19.96
Current: 5.54

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of FGI Industries was 19.96%. The lowest was 5.15%. And the median was 11.24%.

FGI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
51.16% of 432 companies
in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry
Industry Median: 5.66 vs FGI: 5.54

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) %. FGI Industries's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


FGI Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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FGI Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

FGI Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - - 17.39 7.14

FGI Industries Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 12.24 9.79 6.41 7.14 5.04

Competitive Comparison of FGI Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances subindustry, FGI Industries'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.


FGI Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances Industry

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, FGI Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



FGI Industries 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2.138/29.9560804
=7.14 %

FGI Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.9 Mil.



FGI Industries  (NAS:FGI) 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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FGI Industries (FGI Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
906 Murray Road, East Hanover, NJ, USA, 07869
FGI Industries Ltd is a supplier of kitchen and bath products. It offers sanitaryware, bath furniture, shower systems, customer kitchen cabinetry, and other accessory items. It is business to business supplier of bath and kitchen products to large retail, wholesale, commercial, and specialty channel customers around the globe. its revenue is generated by sanitaryware. Geographically it operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, Rest of the World, and the majority of its revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Todd M. Heysse director 906 MURRAY ROAD, EAST HANOVER NJ 07869
Myong Jae Chung director 906 MURRAY ROAD, EAST HANOVER NJ 07869
Kellie Z. Weir director 906 MURRAY ROAD, EAST HANOVER NJ 07869
John Shu-nan Chen director, officer: Executive Chairman 906 MURRAY ROAD, EAST HANOVER NJ 07869
David E. Bruce director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 906 MURRAY ROAD, EAST HANOVER NJ 07869
Jennifer Earl officer: Executive VP, Canada 906 MURRAY ROAD, EAST HANOVER NJ 07869
Perry Lin officer: Chief Financial Officer 906 MURRAY ROAD, EAST HANOVER NJ 07869
Robert Kermelewicz officer: Executive VP, United States 906 MURRAY ROAD, EAST HANOVER NJ 07869
Foremost Groups Ltd 10 percent owner 906 MURRAY ROAD, EAST HANOVER NJ 07869
Norman Kroenke officer: Executive VP, Europe 906 MURRAY ROAD, EAST HANOVER NJ 07869