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Shenandoah Telecommunications Co (Shenandoah Telecommunications Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.94% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Shenandoah Telecommunications Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,300.4 Mil. Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $12.0 Mil. Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.94%.

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

SHEN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.78   Med: 1.27   Max: 8.12
Current: 1.27

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Shenandoah Telecommunications Co was 8.12%. The lowest was -0.78%. And the median was 1.27%.

SHEN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
68.67% of 399 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 5.32 vs SHEN: 1.27

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) %. Shenandoah Telecommunications Co'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.


Shenandoah Telecommunications Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Shenandoah Telecommunications Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.05 -0.10 0.42 -0.17 0.94

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co 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 -0.17 0.13 0.28 0.57 0.94

Competitive Comparison of Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Shenandoah Telecommunications Co'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.


Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Shenandoah Telecommunications Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Shenandoah Telecommunications Co 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=12.176/1300.35864
=0.94 %

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co'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 $12.0 Mil.



Shenandoah Telecommunications Co  (NAS:SHEN) 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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Shenandoah Telecommunications Co (Shenandoah Telecommunications Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
500 Shentel Way, Edinburg, VA, USA, 22824
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, with its subsidiaries, provides various broadband communication products and services via its wireless, cable, fiber optic, and fixed wireless networks to customers in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The company operates through two business units: tower and broadband. The tower segment leases company-owned cell tower spaces to other wireless communication providers, while the broadband segment provides broadband Internet, video, and voice services to residential and commercial customers. The broadband segment generates the vast majority of the company's revenue, with the bulk of sales flowing from residential and small, and medium businesses within the broadband unit.
Executives
Tracy Fitzsimmons director PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Koontz Richard L Jr director PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Kenneth L Quaglio director PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Thomas Beckett director 111 W. CONGRESS STREET, CHARLES TOWN WV 25414
Victor Christopher Barnes director PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Christopher E French officer: President & CEO PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Heather K Banks officer: VP & Chief HRO PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Dara Leslie officer: SVP Sales & Marketing PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Derek Rieger officer: VP-Legal/Gen Counsel & Sec PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Dennis Romps officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 12018 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE, SUITE 600, RESTON VA 20191
David L Heimbach officer: Executive VP & COO 221 E. FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
William L Pirtle other: VP-PCS PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
Thomas A Whitaker officer: VP-Wireless & Cable Operations PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824
James J Volk officer: SR VP FINANCE & CFO
Chase L Stobbe officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer PO BOX 459, EDINBURG VA 22824