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Sunrun (WBO:RUN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -4.05% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Sunrun Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sunrun's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €16,078 Mil. Sunrun's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was €-660 Mil. Sunrun's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was -4.05%.

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

WBO:RUN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -19.1   Med: -4.6   Max: -1.86
Current: -5.05

During the past 11 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sunrun was -1.86%. The lowest was -19.10%. And the median was -4.60%.

WBO:RUN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
79.23% of 1011 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.73 vs WBO:RUN: -5.05

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) %. Sunrun'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.


Sunrun Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Sunrun Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sunrun 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 -4.82 -2.30 -4.37 -2.74 -12.45

Sunrun 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 -13.25 -12.45 -12.12 -11.34 -4.05

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

For the Solar subindustry, Sunrun'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.


Sunrun's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



Sunrun 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1873.012/15115.442552
=-12.39 %

Sunrun'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 €-660 Mil.



Sunrun  (WBO:RUN) 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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Sunrun is engaged in the design, development, installation, sale, ownership, and maintenance of residential solar energy systems in the United States. The company acquires customers directly and through relationships with various solar and strategic partners. The solar systems are constructed either by Sunrun or by Sunrun's partners and are owned by the company. Sunrun's customers typically enter into 20- to 25-year agreements to utilize its solar energy system. The company also sells solar energy systems and products, such as panels and racking, and solar leads generated to customers.