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Gores Holdings IV (Gores Holdings IV) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.60% (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is Gores Holdings IV Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Gores Holdings IV's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $0.00 Mil. Gores Holdings IV's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2021 was $919.29 Mil. Gores Holdings IV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 4.60%.

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

GHIVU' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.27   Med: 4.57   Max: 4.99
Current: 4.98

During the past 2 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Gores Holdings IV was 4.99%. The lowest was 4.27%. And the median was 4.57%.

GHIVU's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Banks industry.
Industry Median: 0 vs GHIVU: 4.98

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) %. Gores Holdings IV's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


Gores Holdings IV Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gores Holdings IV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Gores Holdings IV Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Gores Holdings IV Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -0.98

Gores Holdings IV Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -0.09 -1.07 -0.98 4.60

Competitive Comparison of Gores Holdings IV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Mortgage Finance subindustry, Gores Holdings IV'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.


Gores Holdings IV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Gores Holdings IV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gores Holdings IV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Gores Holdings IV 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.

Gores Holdings IVs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-6.827/0
= %

Gores Holdings IV's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $919.29 Mil.



Gores Holdings IV  (NAS:GHIVU) 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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Gores Holdings IV (Gores Holdings IV) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
585 South Boulevard E, Pontiac, MI, USA, 48341
UWM Holdings Corp operates as a residential mortgage lender and the wholesale mortgage lender. The company provides independent mortgage advisors across the states and the district of Columbia. The firm also offers training, technology, marketing support, and more to help the entrepreneurial partners.
Executives
Alec E Gores director, 10 percent owner 10877 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 18TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Aeg Holdings, Llc director, 10 percent owner 6260 LOOKOUT RD., BOULDER CO 80301
Gores Sponsor Iv Llc director, 10 percent owner 9800 WILSHIRE BLVD., BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212
Jeffrey Gene Rea director C/O STOCK BUILDING SUPPLY HOLDINGS, INC., 8020 ARCO CORPORATE DRIVE, SUITE 400, RALEIGH NC 27617
Mark Stone officer: Chief Executive Officer 10877 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 18TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Andrew Mcbride officer: CFO & Secretary 9800 WILSHIRE BLVD., BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212
Patton William B Jr director
Randy Bort director 1150 N. ALMA SCHOOL ROAD, MESA AZ 85201

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