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Multi-Color (Multi-Color) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.36% (As of Mar. 2019)


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What is Multi-Color Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Multi-Color's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $2,507 Mil. Multi-Color's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2019 was $59 Mil. Multi-Color's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was 2.36%.

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

LABL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.645
* 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) %. Multi-Color's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was 15.45%. 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.


Multi-Color Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Multi-Color's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Multi-Color Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Multi-Color Annual Data
Trend Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.10 6.71 6.84 3.74 2.36

Multi-Color Quarterly Data
Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19
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 3.74 4.43 5.19 7.57 2.36

Competitive Comparison of Multi-Color's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Multi-Color'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.


Multi-Color's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Multi-Color's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Multi-Color 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.

Multi-Colors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2019 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=59.064/2507.19927
=2.36 %

Multi-Color's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $59 Mil.



Multi-Color  (NAS:LABL) 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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Multi-Color (Multi-Color) Business Description

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Address
4053 Clough Woods Drive, Batavia, OH, USA, 45103
Multi-Color Corporation is an America-based company that provide label solutions. The company's products include pressure-sensitive labels, in-mold labels, heat-transfer labels, glue-applied labels, glue-applied labels, shrink sleeve labels and graphic services. These products and services primarily aim to fulfill customers' packaging needs. Customers of the company include a wide array of makers of consumer products, personal care products, wine & spirit and specialty consumer products from America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, China, Southeast Asia and others. America is the biggest market for the company, accounting for over half of its revenue.
Executives
Michael W Ranger 10 percent owner C/O TXU CORP, 1601 BRYAN ST, DALLAS TX 75201
Robert R Buck director C/O BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC., 505 HUNTMAR PARK DRIVE SUITE 300, HERNDON VA 20170
Robert Kuhn director C/O APTARGROUP 475 W. TERRA COTTA AVENUE, SUITE E, CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60014
Andrew H Rush 10 percent owner C/O DIAMOND CASTLE HOLDINGS, LLC, 280 PARK AVENUE, 25TH FLOOR, EAST TOWER, NEW YORK NY 10017
Matthew M Walsh director ALLERGAN, 5 GIRALDA FARMS, MADISON NJ 07940
Lorrence T Kellar director C/O LOEHMANNS INC, 2500 HALSEY STREET, BRONX NY 10461
Lee A. Wright director C/O DIAMOND CASTLE HOLDINGS, LLC, 280 PARK AVENUE, 25TH FLOOR, EAST TOWER, NEW YORK NY 10017
James H Reynolds officer: Chief Accounting Officer 201 E FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202