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SPRU (Spruce Power Holding) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -9.79% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Spruce Power Holding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Spruce Power Holding's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $552.63 Mil. Spruce Power Holding's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $-54.10 Mil. Spruce Power Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was -9.79%.

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

SPRU' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1008.17   Med: -3.46   Max: 97.07
Current: -9.88

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Spruce Power Holding was 97.07%. The lowest was -1008.17%. And the median was -3.46%.

SPRU's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
85.66% of 1011 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.73 vs SPRU: -9.88

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) %. Spruce Power Holding's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.


Spruce Power Holding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Spruce Power Holding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Spruce Power Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -1.95 46.30 -9.73 -3.62

Spruce Power Holding Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 -3.40 -3.62 -1.09 -3.44 -9.79

Competitive Comparison of Spruce Power Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Solar subindustry, Spruce Power Holding'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.


Spruce Power Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Spruce Power Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Spruce Power Holding 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-20.551/567.50085
=-3.62 %

Spruce Power Holding's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-54.10 Mil.



Spruce Power Holding  (NYSE:SPRU) 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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Spruce Power Holding Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2000 S Colorado Boulevard, Suite 2-825, Denver, CO, USA, 80222
Spruce Power Holding Corp is a leading owner and operator of distributed solar energy assets across the United States (the U.S.), offering subscription-based services to approximately 75,000 home solar assets and customer contracts, making renewable energy more accessible to everyone. The Company's primary customers are homeowners and the Company's core solar service offerings generate revenues primarily through (i) the sale of electricity generated by its home solar energy systems to homeowners, (ii) third-party contracts to sell solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) generated by the solar energy systems for fixed prices and (iii) the servicing of those agreements for other institutional owners of home solar energy systems.
Executives
John P. Miller director 26W073 MOHICAN DRIVE, WHEATON IL 60189
Eric M. Tech director, officer: CEO 2701 NAVISTAR DRIVE, LISLE IL 60532
Christopher M. Hayes director C/O XL HYBRIDS, INC., 145 NEWTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02135
Jonathan J Ledecky director C/O THE LEDECKY FOUNDATION, 901 - 15TH STREET, NW, SUITE 950, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Kevin Griffin director C/O PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP., C/O GRAUBARD MILLER, 405 LEXINGTON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10174
Christian S. Fong director, officer: President and CEO 7550 WISCONSIN AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, BETHESDA MD 20814
Jonathan M Norling officer: Chief Legal Officer 820 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Sarah Weber Wells officer: SVP of Fin & Acc & Sustain' 820 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Stacey Constas officer: General Counsel 47000 LIBERTY DRIVE, WIXOM MI 48393
Michael Kenhard officer: CTO and VP of Engineering 47000 LIBERTY DRIVE, WIXOM MI 48393
Calhoun Colleen officer: VP / GM of XL Grid 515 W. GREENS ROAD, SUITE 1200, HOUSTON TX 77067
Donald P Klein officer: Chief Financial Officer 201 MITTEL DRIVE, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Cielo Hernandez officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O XL FLEET CORP., 145 NEWTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02135
Berklas James P Jr officer: General Counsel 123 MAIN STREET, BRISTOL CT 06010
Sarah Sclarsic director C/O PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION II, C/O GRAUBARD MILLER, 405 LEXINGTON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10174