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Limoneira Co (Limoneira Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -2.70% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Limoneira Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Limoneira Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $404.3 Mil. Limoneira Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $-10.9 Mil. Limoneira Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -2.70%.

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

LMNR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.04   Med: 2.53   Max: 11.29
Current: -2.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Limoneira Co was 11.29%. The lowest was -6.04%. And the median was 2.53%.

LMNR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
82.38% of 1947 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 4.93 vs LMNR: -2.58

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) %. Limoneira Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.


Limoneira Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Limoneira Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Limoneira Co Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.90 -6.18 -0.60 0.76 4.33

Limoneira Co Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 12.41 9.97 6.73 4.33 -2.70

Competitive Comparison of Limoneira Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Farm Products subindustry, Limoneira Co'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.


Limoneira Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Limoneira Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Limoneira Co 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.

Limoneira Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=13.858/320.23989
=4.33 %

Limoneira Co'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 $-10.9 Mil.



Limoneira Co  (NAS:LMNR) 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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Limoneira Co (Limoneira Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1141 Cummings Road, Santa Paula, CA, USA, 93060
Limoneira Co is an agribusiness company. The company's operating segments include Fresh Lemons; Lemon Packing; Avocados and Other Agribusiness. It generates maximum revenue from the Fresh Lemons segment.
Executives
Harold S Edwards director, officer: President and CEO SIXTY ONE WILTON ROAD, SECOND FLOOR, WESTPORT CT 06880
Mark Palamountain officer: CFO, Treasurer & Secretary C/O LIMONEIRA COMPANY, 1141 CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Scott S Slater director 550 SOUTH HOPE STREET, SUITE 2850, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Barbara Carbone director 120 BROADWAY, SUITE 200, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Loza Jose De Jesus director C/O LIMONEIRA COMPANY, 1141 CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Alex M Teague officer: Senior Vice President 1141 CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Donald R Rudkin director C/O VIRCO MFG. CORPORATION, 2027 HARPERS WAY, TORRANCE CA 90501
Elizabeth Mora director C/O MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC., 2 TECH DRIVE, SUITE 201, ANDOVER MA 01810
Merriman John W.h. director 1141 CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Elizabeth Blanchard Chess director C/O LIMONEIRA COMPANY, 1141 CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Robert M Sawyer director 1141 CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Amy Fukutomi director, officer: See Remarks C/O LIMONEIRA COMPANY, 1141 CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Edgar A. Terry director C/O LIMONEIRA COMPANY, 1141 CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Gordon E Kimball director, officer: Chairman 1141 CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Ronald L Michaelis director 1141 CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060

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