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Accel Entertainment (Accel Entertainment) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 8.64% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Accel Entertainment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Accel Entertainment's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,145 Mil. Accel Entertainment's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $99 Mil. Accel Entertainment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.64%.

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

ACEL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.01   Med: 5.3   Max: 11.14
Current: 8.16

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Accel Entertainment was 11.14%. The lowest was -4.01%. And the median was 5.30%.

ACEL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
72.72% of 854 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 4.165 vs ACEL: 8.16

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) %. Accel Entertainment's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Accel Entertainment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Accel Entertainment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Accel Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -1.60 -0.32 4.47 12.21 8.64

Accel Entertainment Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 12.21 10.79 8.93 7.89 8.64

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

For the Gambling subindustry, Accel Entertainment'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.


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

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

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



Accel Entertainment 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=98.868/1144.910318
=8.64 %

Accel Entertainment's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $99 Mil.



Accel Entertainment  (NYSE:ACEL) 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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Accel Entertainment (Accel Entertainment) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
140 Tower Drive, Burr Ridge, Chicago, IL, USA, 60527
Accel Entertainment Inc is a distributed gaming operator in the United States. It is engaged in the installation, maintenance, and operation of video gaming terminals. The company offers products to restaurants, bars, taverns, convenience stores, liquor stores, truck stops, and grocery stores. It operates slot machines and amusement equipment. The company generates a majority of its revenue from net gaming. Net gaming revenue represents net cash received from gaming activities, which is the difference between gaming wins and losses. Net gaming revenue includes the amounts earned by location partners and is recognized at the time of gaming play.
Executives
David W. Ruttenberg director 140 TOWER DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Karl Mr. Peterson director, officer: President & CEO 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Derek Harmer officer: Secretary 140 TOWER DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Andrew H. Rubenstein director, officer: CEO, President 140 TOWER DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Gordon Rubenstein director 140 TOWER DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Christen Kozlik officer: Chief Accounting Officer 140 TOWER DR., BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Mathew Scot Ellis officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ACCEL ENTERTAINMENT, INC., 140 TOWER DR., BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Brian M. Carroll officer: Chief Financial Officer 140 TOWER DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Dee M Robinson director 140 TOWER DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Michael Joseph Marino officer: Chief Commerical Officer 140 TOWER DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Ryan Hammer officer: President, Gaming Operations 140 TOWER DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Clairvest Group Inc 10 percent owner 22 ST. CLAIRE AVE., SUITE 1700 M4T 253, TORONTO ONTARIO
Brian Sampias officer: Controller 140 TOWER DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Eden Godsoe director 140 TOWER DRIVE, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Kenneth Rotman director C/O CLAIRVEST GROUP INC, 22 ST. CLAIR AVENUE EAST, SUITE 1700, TORONTO A6 M4T 2S3