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CRA International (CRA International) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.50% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CRA International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

CRA International's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $748.6 Mil. CRA International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $56.1 Mil. CRA International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.50%.

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

CRAI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -37.77   Med: 6.38   Max: 14.73
Current: 5.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of CRA International was 14.73%. The lowest was -37.77%. And the median was 6.38%.

CRAI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
53.38% of 1109 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.59 vs CRAI: 5.07

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) %. CRA International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 26.37%. 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.


CRA International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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CRA International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

CRA International 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 5.02 6.98 7.27 6.28 7.50

CRA International 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 6.28 6.20 6.35 6.29 7.50

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

For the Consulting Services subindustry, CRA International'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.


CRA International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, CRA International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



CRA International 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=56.1/748.620601
=7.49 %

CRA International'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 $56.1 Mil.



CRA International  (NAS:CRAI) 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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CRA International (CRA International) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
200 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA, USA, 02116-5092
CRA International Inc is a U.S.-based advisory firm that provides economic, financial, and management consultancy services. The company advises clients on economic and financial issues relating to litigation and regulatory proceedings and helps businesses set important business strategies and solve performance-related issues. The company's clients include domestic and foreign companies, government agencies, public and private utilities, and national and international trade associations. CRA International generates almost all its revenue from the United States and the United Kingdom.
Executives
Paul A Maleh officer: EVP, Platform Leader 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
Chad M Holmes officer: CFO, EVP and Treasurer 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
Jonathan D Yellin officer: EVP and General Counsel 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
Thomas Aiken Avery director 465 LAUREL CHASE COURT, ATLANTA GA 30327
Heather Tookes director C/O FTAC OLYMPUS ACQUISITION CORP., 2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 1703, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Robert W Holthausen director 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
Alva Taylor director C/O CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC., 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Nancy Hawthorne director AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC., 75 NETWORK DRIVE, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Christine Rose Detrick director 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
Daniel K. Mahoney officer: CFO, EVP and Treasurer C/O OLD MUTUAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Richard Douglas Booth director 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
William F Concannon director 200 PARK AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10166
Rowland Moriarty director 200 CLARENDON ST T33, BOSTON MA 02116
Robert A Whitman director 4200 TEXAS COMMERCE TOWER WEST, 2200 ROSS AVE, DALLAS TX 75201
Douglas C Miller officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer ONE AMERICAN ROW, P.O. BOX 5056, HARTFORD CT 06052