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Focusrite (STU:0FO) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.36% (As of Aug. 2024)


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What is Focusrite Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Focusrite's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was €226.2 Mil. Focusrite's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was €3.1 Mil. Focusrite's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 1.36%.

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

STU:0FO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.84   Med: 5.59   Max: 12.18
Current: 1.44

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Focusrite was 12.18%. The lowest was 0.84%. And the median was 5.59%.

STU:0FO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
65.38% of 852 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 4.23 vs STU:0FO: 1.44

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) %. Focusrite's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 12.91%. 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.


Focusrite Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Focusrite Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Focusrite Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.89 3.55 5.76 7.25 1.36

Focusrite Semi-Annual Data
Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24
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 5.76 - 7.25 - 1.36

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

For the Leisure subindustry, Focusrite'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.


Focusrite's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Focusrite's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Focusrite 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.

Focusrites Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=3.153/226.155184
=1.39 %

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.



Focusrite  (STU:0FO) 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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Focusrite Business Description

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Hillbottom Road, Artisan, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, GBR, HP12 4HJ
Focusrite PLC is a music and audio products company supplying hardware and software products used by musicians. The company's operating segments include Focusrite, Novation, ADAM Audio, Martin Audio, Sequential, and Sonox. The company generates maximum revenue from the Focusrite segment. Focusrite segment includes sales of Focusrite and Focusrite Pro branded products. Geographically, the majority of its revenue is generated from Europe, the Middle East and Africa region.

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