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Asta Funding (Asta Funding) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 10.43% (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Asta Funding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Asta Funding's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $38.24 Mil. Asta Funding's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 was $3.99 Mil. Asta Funding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 10.43%.

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

ASFI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Credit Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.83
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Asta Funding's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 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.


Asta Funding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Asta Funding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Asta Funding Annual Data
Trend Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.81 6.16 -29.07 -56.50 -62.11

Asta Funding Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
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 -156.25 -62.11 185.19 -58.82 10.43

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

For the Credit Services subindustry, Asta Funding'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.


Asta Funding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Asta Funding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Asta Funding 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.

Asta Fundings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=9.754/-14.45668
=-67.47 %

Asta Funding's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.99 Mil.



Asta Funding  (NAS:ASFI) 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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Asta Funding (Asta Funding) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
210 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA, 07632
Asta Funding Inc is a US-based company engaged in the business of acquiring, managing, servicing and recovering on portfolios of consumer receivables. It has organized its business into three segments: Consumer Receivables, Personal Injury Claims, Social Security Disability Advocacy. Its business activity involves purchasing, managing for its own account and servicing distressed consumer receivables, including charged-off receivables, semi-performing receivables and performing receivables, purchasing interests in personal injury claims from claimants who are a party to personal injury litigation, purchasing periodic structured settlements and annuity policies from individuals in exchange for a lump sum payment.
Executives
Gary Stern director, officer: President and CEO 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
David S Slackman director
Louis A Piccolo director C/O ASTA FUNDING, INC. 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD NJ 07632
Seth Berman officer: Secretary & General Counsel C/O ASTA FUNDING 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Ricky Stern 10 percent owner, officer: Senior Vice President 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGELWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Steven Leidenfrost officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ASTA FUNDING, INC. 210 SYLVAN AVENUE, SUITE 1 ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Michael R. Monteleone director 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Timothy H. Bishop director 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Mark Levenfus director ASTA FUNDING INC. 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Mangrove Partners Fund (cayman), Ltd. 10 percent owner MAPLES CORP. SVCS, PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, S. CHURCH STREET, GEORGE TOWN E9 KY1-1104
Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Ltd. 10 percent owner 645 MADISON AVE, 14 FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Nathaniel H. August 10 percent owner 10 EAST 53RD STREET, 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Capital Mangrove 10 percent owner 10 EAST 53RD STREET, 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Mangrove Partners Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 645 MADISON AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Partners Mangrove 10 percent owner 645 MADISON AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022

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