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Berry Global Group (Berry Global Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.94% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Berry Global Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16,570 Mil. Berry Global Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $984 Mil. Berry Global Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.94%.

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

BERY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.14   Med: 5.63   Max: 8.67
Current: 6.43

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Berry Global Group was 8.67%. The lowest was 3.14%. And the median was 5.63%.

BERY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
53.23% of 402 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 5.82 vs BERY: 6.43

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) %. Berry Global Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 18.76%. 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.


Berry Global Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Berry Global Group Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.18 7.00 7.26 8.68 6.78

Berry Global Group 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) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.34 7.26 6.54 6.78 5.94

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Berry Global Group'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.


Berry Global Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Berry Global Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Berry Global Group 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.

Berry Global Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1048/15452.605
=6.78 %

Berry Global Group'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 $984 Mil.



Berry Global Group  (NYSE:BERY) 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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Berry Global Group (Berry Global Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
101 Oakley Street, Evansville, IN, USA, 47710
Berry global Group Inc is a leading global supplier of plastic packaging products mainly sold to consumer-oriented end markets. The four business segments are consumer packaging international, consumer packaging North America, engineered materials, and health, hygiene, and specialties. The company primarily uses plastic resin as its raw material, purchased from a variety of suppliers. The majority of revenue comes from consumer packaging international due to the acquisition of RPC, which expanded the geographical areas in which the company operates. The consumer packaging segment consists of closures and dispensing systems, pharmaceutical devices and packaging, bottles and canisters, polythene films, recycling, containers, and technical components.
Executives
James Till officer: EVP - Controller C/O 101 OAKLEY STREET, EVANSVILLE IN 47710
Mark W Miles officer: Executive Vice President C/O BERRY PLASTICS GROUP, INC., 101 OAKLEY ST., EVANSVILLE IN 47710
Carl J Rickertsen director MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED, 1850 TOWERS CRESCENT PLAZA, TYSONS CORNER VA 22182
Jason K. Greene officer: EVP - Chief Legal Officer C/O BERRY PLASTICS GROUP, INC., 101 OAKLEY ST., EVANSVILLE IN 47710
Evan Bayh director 3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 1000, BETHESDA MD 20814
Kevin J. Kwilinski director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 101 OAKLEY STREET, EVANSVILLE IN 47714
William J Norman officer: President C/O BERRY PLASTICS GROUP, INC., 101 OAKLEY STREET, EVANSVILLE IN 47710
Michael Edward Hill officer: President C/O 101 OAKLEY STREET, EVANSVILLE IN 47710
Meredith Harper director 101 OAKLEY STREET, EVANSVILLE IN 47710
Peter T Thomas director 1000 LAKESIDE AVENUE, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Chaney Sheffield director C/O CANYON PARTNERS, LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 11TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Tom Salmon officer: Executive Vice President C/O BERRY PLASTICS GROUP, INC., 101 OAKLEY ST., EVANSVILLE IN 47710
Curt Begle officer: Executive Vice President C/O BERRY PLASTICS GROUP, INC., 101 OAKLEY ST., EVANSVILLE IN 47710
Jill A Rahman director 101 OAKLEY STREET, EVANSVILLE IN 47710
Paula A Sneed director THREE LAKES DRIVE, NORTHFIELD IL 60093