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Hour Loop (Hour Loop) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.60% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Hour Loop Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Hour Loop's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $41.7 Mil. Hour Loop's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.3 Mil. Hour Loop's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.60%.

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

HOUR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.92   Med: -1.86   Max: 8.28
Current: 0.66

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Hour Loop was 8.28%. The lowest was -6.92%. And the median was -1.86%.

HOUR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
69.88% of 1119 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 4.97 vs HOUR: 0.66

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) %. Hour Loop'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.


Hour Loop Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Hour Loop Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Hour Loop Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - - -1.95 -5.71

Hour Loop Quarterly Data
Dec19 Jun20 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 Premium Member Only -3.57 -4.97 -5.92 -5.71 0.60

Competitive Comparison of Hour Loop's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Hour Loop'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.


Hour Loop's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Hour Loop's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hour Loop 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-2.912/50.98168825
=-5.71 %

Hour Loop'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 $0.3 Mil.



Hour Loop  (NAS:HOUR) 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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Hour Loop (Hour Loop) Business Description

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Address
8201 164th Avenue North East, Redmond, WA, USA, 98052-7615
Hour Loop Inc is a technology-enabled consumer products company that uses machine learning and data analytics to design, develop, market, and sell products. Hour Loop predominantly operates through online retail channels such as Amazon, Walmart, and Hourloop.com. The Company, as an Internet marketplace seller, sells products in multiple categories, including home/garden decor, toys, kitchenware, apparel, and electronics.
Executives
Hillary Hui-chong Bui director C/O HOUR LOOP, INC. 8201 164TH AVE. NE, REDMOND WA 98052-7615
Sau Kuen Yu director, 10 percent owner, officer: Senior Vice President C/O HOUR LOOP, INC.,, 8201 164TH AVE NE, #200, REDMOND WA 98052-7615
Rahul Ray Ratan officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O HOUR LOOP, INC.,, 8201 164TH AVE NE, #200, REDMOND WA 98052-7615
Sam Lai director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O HOUR LOOP, INC.,, 8201 164TH AVE NE, #200, REDMOND WA 98052-7615
Michael Minkin Lenner director C/O HOUR LOOP, INC.,, 8201 164TH AVE NE, #200, REDMOND WA 98052-7615
Douglas Ian Branch director C/O HOUR LOOP, INC.,, 8201 164TH AVE NE, #200, REDMOND WA 98052-7615
Minghui Gao director C/O HOUR LOOP, INC., 8201 164TH AVE NE, #200, REDMOND WA 98052-7615

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