What is Hovnanian Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Hovnanian Enterprises's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $2,016 Mil.
Hovnanian Enterprises's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $320 Mil. Hovnanian Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 15.87%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Hovnanian Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
HOV'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.5 Med: 4.79 Max: 26.61
Current: 16.72
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Hovnanian Enterprises was 26.61%. The lowest was -0.50%. And the median was 4.79%.
HOV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 87.5% of 112
companies
in the Homebuilding & Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.815
vs HOV: 16.72
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) %. Hovnanian Enterprises's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 30.32%. 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.
Hovnanian Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Hovnanian Enterprises'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.
Competitive Comparison of Hovnanian Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Residential Construction subindustry, Hovnanian Enterprises'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.
Hovnanian Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Homebuilding & Construction Industry
For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Hovnanian Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Hovnanian Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Hovnanian Enterprisess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as
Hovnanian Enterprises's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $320 Mil.
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.
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Hovnanian Enterprises (Hovnanian Enterprises) Business Description
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc conducts all of its homebuilding and financial services operations . The company designs, constructs, markets, and sells single-family detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill, and active lifestyle homes in planned residential developments. It has two distinct operations: homebuilding and financial services. Its homebuilding operations are divided geographically into three segments; Northeast which includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia; Southeast which includes Florida, Georgia and South Carolina; and West which includes Arizona, California and Texas. The firm generates maximum revenue from West Segment.
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