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Wickes Group (LSE:WIX) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.48% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Wickes Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Wickes Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £928 Mil. Wickes Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £69 Mil. Wickes Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.48%.

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

LSE:WIX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.13   Med: 7.42   Max: 10.59
Current: 7.56

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Wickes Group was 10.59%. The lowest was 4.13%. And the median was 7.42%.

LSE:WIX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
65.47% of 1118 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 4.845 vs LSE:WIX: 7.56

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) %. Wickes Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 35.70%. 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.


Wickes Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Wickes Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Wickes Group Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 7.96 7.25 7.48

Wickes Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.96 - 7.25 - 7.48

Competitive Comparison of Wickes Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Wickes Group'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.


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

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

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



Wickes Group 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=69.4/928.160147
=7.48 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Wickes Group  (LSE:WIX) 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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Wickes Group (LSE:WIX) Business Description

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Address
19 Colonial Way, Vision House, Watford, GBR, WD24 4JL
Wickes Group PLC is a digitally-led, service-enabled home improvement retailer, delivering choice, convenience, value service to customers across the United Kingdom. Its three key customers include the Local Trade, DIY and Do It For Me (DIFM). The company operates from its network of 232 right-sized stores, which support nationwide fulfilment from convenient locations throughout the United Kingdom, and through its digital channels including its website, TradePro mobile app for trade members and its DIY app. These digital channels allow customers to research and order an extended range of its products and services and arrange virtual and in-person design consultations. The company has a single operating segment.