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GO Acquisition (GO Acquisition) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.90% (As of Mar. 2022)


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What is GO Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

GO Acquisition's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $712.30 Mil. GO Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2022 was $20.62 Mil. GO Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was 2.90%.

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

GOAC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: -1.68
* 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) %. GO Acquisition's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 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.


GO Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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GO Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

GO Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- 2.95

GO Acquisition Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial -1.27 -1.30 -1.53 2.95 2.90

Competitive Comparison of GO Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, GO Acquisition'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.


GO Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

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

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



GO Acquisition 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.

GO Acquisitions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=20.876/707.953
=2.95 %

GO Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $20.62 Mil.



GO Acquisition  (NYSE:GOAC) 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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GO Acquisition (GO Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
450 West 14th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10014
GO Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Michael Gregory Ohara director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-Chief Executive Officer C/O CERTARES MANAGEMENT LLC, 350 MADISON AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
San Miguel Alejandro R. officer: Vice President and Secretary C/O GLG PARTNERS LP, 1 CURZON STREET, LONDON X0 W1J 5HB
Noam Gottesman director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-Chief Executive Officer C/O TOMS CAPITAL LLC, 450 WEST 14TH STREET, 13TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
Norma Corio director C/O GO ACQUISITION CORP., 450 W 14TH ST, NEW YORK NY 10014
Guy Weltsch officer: President and CFO C/O GO ACQUISITION CORP., 460 W 14TH ST, NEW YORK NY 10014
Go Acquisition Founder Llc 10 percent owner 450 W 14TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10014
Spencer Marsden officer: Vice President C/O GO ACQUISITION CORP., 450 W 14TH ST, NEW YORK NY 10014
Jeremy Michael Isaacs director C/O GO ACQUISITION CORP., 450 W 14TH ST, NEW YORK NY 10014