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Marcus (Marcus) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.40% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Marcus Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Marcus's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $780.6 Mil. Marcus's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $34.4 Mil. Marcus's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.40%.

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

MCS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -18.43   Med: 5.84   Max: 8.34
Current: 4.6

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Marcus was 8.34%. The lowest was -18.43%. And the median was 5.84%.

MCS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
58.31% of 1053 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.79 vs MCS: 4.60

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) %. Marcus's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Marcus Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Marcus Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Marcus Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.59 -18.42 -3.82 1.59 4.40

Marcus Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.59 2.35 2.95 4.38 4.40

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

For the Entertainment subindustry, Marcus'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.


Marcus's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Marcus's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Marcus 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=34.371/780.60876
=4.40 %

Marcus's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $34.4 Mil.



Marcus  (NYSE:MCS) 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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Marcus (Marcus) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1900, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53202-4125
Marcus Corp is engaged in two business segments, which are Theatres and Hotels and Resorts. The Theatre segment operates multiscreen motion picture theatres in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and Ohio, a family entertainment center in Wisconsin and a retail center in Missouri; Hotels and Resorts segment owns and operates full-service hotels and resorts in Wisconsin, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Nebraska and manages full-service hotels, resorts and other properties in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas, Nevada, California, and North Carolina. It generates maximum revenue from the Theatres segment.
Executives
Michael Reade Evans officer: Pres., Marcus Hotels & Resorts 100 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1900, MILWAUKEE WI 53202-4125
Mark A Gramz officer: Pres., Marcus Theatres Corp* 100 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1900, MILWAUKEE WI 53202-4125
Austin M Ramirez director ONE MAIN STREET, EVANSVILLE IN 47708
Brian Jay Stark director 3600 SOUTH LAKE DRIVE, ST. FRANCIS WI 53235
Katherine M. Gehl director C/O GEHL FOODS, N116 W15970 MAIN STREET, GERMANTOWN WI 53022
Bruce J Olson director, officer: Group Vice President
Thomas F Kissinger officer: General Counsel and Secretary
Chad M Paris officer: CFO & Treasurer 833 EAST MICHIGAN STREET, SUITE 900, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Gregory S Marcus officer: Senior Vice President 100 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1900, MILWAUKEE WI 53202-4125
Diane M Gershowitz director, 10 percent owner
Rolando B Rodriguez officer: Pres. & CEO - Marcus Theatres C/O AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC, 920 MAIN ST, KANSAS CITY MO 64105
Douglas A Neis officer: CFO and Treasurer
David M Baum director 784 MORRIS TURNPIKE #367, SHORT HILLS NJ 07078
Vss-southern Holdings Llc 10 percent owner C/O VERONIS SUHLER STEVENSON, 390 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Philip L Milstein director 390 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 600, NEW YORK NY 10022