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SThree (SThree) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 16.29% (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is SThree Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

SThree's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $0 Mil. SThree's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 was $98 Mil. SThree's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 16.29%.

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

STREF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.68   Med: 9.45   Max: 22.53
Current: 15.22

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of SThree was 22.53%. The lowest was 2.68%. And the median was 9.45%.

STREF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
83.69% of 1110 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.55 vs STREF: 15.22

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) %. SThree's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 20.74%. 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.


SThree Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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SThree Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

SThree Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.11 8.25 9.07 15.13 16.29

SThree Semi-Annual Data
May14 Nov14 May15 Nov15 May16 Nov16 May17 Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
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 9.07 - 15.13 - 16.29

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

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, SThree'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.


SThree's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SThree's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



SThree 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=97.777/0
= %

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.



SThree  (GREY:STREF) 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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SThree (SThree) Business Description

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75 King William Street, 1st Floor, London, GBR, EC4N 7BE
SThree PLC is involved in the staffing business. It provides contract and permanent recruitment services. The company operates in information and communication, engineering, energy, life sciences, banking, and finance sectors. It provides its service through various brands such as computer future, progressive, Huxley, real, orgtel, jpgray, Newington international and enterprise partners. The company operates in the UK, Ireland, Continental Europe, America, Asia Pacific and the Middle east.

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