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Commercial Metals Co (STU:CMS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 13.70% (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Commercial Metals Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Commercial Metals Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was €6,272 Mil. Commercial Metals Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was €857 Mil. Commercial Metals Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 13.70%.

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

STU:CMS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.05   Med: 8.63   Max: 30.63
Current: 13.32

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Commercial Metals Co was 30.63%. The lowest was 3.05%. And the median was 8.63%.

STU:CMS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
76.18% of 638 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 6.785 vs STU:CMS: 13.32

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) %. Commercial Metals Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 26.26%. 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.


Commercial Metals Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Commercial Metals Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Commercial Metals Co Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.72 14.29 13.00 28.01 16.31

Commercial Metals Co Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 20.04 22.32 16.31 18.25 13.70

Competitive Comparison of Commercial Metals Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Steel subindustry, Commercial Metals 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.


Commercial Metals Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Commercial Metals Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Commercial Metals 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.

Commercial Metals Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1065.64/6593.4244
=16.16 %

Commercial Metals Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €857 Mil.



Commercial Metals Co  (STU:CMS) 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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Commercial Metals Co (STU:CMS) Business Description

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Address
6565 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, TX, USA, 75039
Commercial Metals Co operates steel mills, steel fabrication plants, and metal recycling facilities in the United States and manufactures rebar and structural steel, which are key product categories for the nonresidential construction sector. The Company has two reportable segments: North America and Europe.

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