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Emergent Capital (Emergent Capital) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 20.28% (As of Aug. 2020)


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What is Emergent Capital Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Emergent Capital's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2020 was $145.80 Mil. Emergent Capital's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2020 was $29.55 Mil. Emergent Capital's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2020 was 20.28%.

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

EMGCQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 5.59
* 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) %. Emergent Capital's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Aug. 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.


Emergent Capital Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Emergent Capital Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Emergent Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Nov19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.61 -3.24 -5.40 6.36 25.38

Emergent Capital Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20
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 33.44 25.38 68.49 77.52 20.28

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

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Emergent Capital'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.


Emergent Capital's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



Emergent Capital 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.

Emergent Capitals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2019 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=31.845/125.54297
=25.37 %

Emergent Capital's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $29.55 Mil.



Emergent Capital  (OTCPK:EMGCQ) 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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Emergent Capital (Emergent Capital) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
5355 Town Center Road, Suite 701, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 33486
Emergent Capital Inc operates as a life insurance company. The firm invests primarily in life settlements, which provide liquidity for the owners of life insurance policies that face a short-term cash need or can no longer afford their insurance premiums. It also focuses on providing portfolio management services. The company receives maximum revenue in the form of interest income. Geographically, the company operates only in the United States of America market region.
Executives
Patrick J Curry director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO 5601 WEST WACO DRIVE WACO TX 76710
Pjc Investments, Llc director, 10 percent owner 204 WOODHEW DRIVE WACO TX 76712
Robert C Knapp director C/O IRONSIDES PARTNERS LLC, 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2705, BOSTON MA 02110
Miriam Martinez officer: CFO and Secretary C/O IMPERIAL HOLDINGS, INC. 701 PARK OF COMMERCE BLVD., SUITE 301 BOCA RATON FL 33487
Jack Simony officer: VP and CIO C/O EMERGENT CAPITAL, INC. 5355 TOWN CENTER ROAD, SUITE 701 BOCA RATON FL 33486
Harvey Z. Werblowsky officer: VP, CLO and GC C/O EMERGENT CAPITAL, INC. 5355 TOWN CENTER ROAD, SUITE 701 BOCA RATON FL 33486
Matthew D Houk director 470 PARK AVENUE SOUTH 4TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10016
Roy Patterson director 17002 MARCY STREET OMAHA NE 68118
James G. Wolf director 105, FLYWAY DRIVE, KIAWAH ISLAND SC 29455
Patrick Thomas Brennan director 1 SEA BREEZE COURT NAPA CA 94559
Joseph E Sarachek director, 10 percent owner C/O TRIAX CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC 620 FIFTH AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10020
Topco 1, Llc director, 10 percent owner C/O KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP 101 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10178
Jsarco, Llc director, 10 percent owner C/O KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP 101 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10178
Antony Mitchell other: Former CEO and Director 701 PARK OF COMMERCE BOULEVARD SUITE 301 BOCA RATON FL 33487
James Hua director 40 LAKE BELLEVUE DRIVE BELLEVUE WA 98108

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