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Signature Aviation (LSE:SIG) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.49% (As of Dec. 2020)


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What is Signature Aviation Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Signature Aviation's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was £4,833 Mil. Signature Aviation's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was £76 Mil. Signature Aviation's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was 1.49%.

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

LSE:SIG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.31   Med: 5.61   Max: 11.21
Current: 1.48

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Signature Aviation was 11.21%. The lowest was -0.31%. And the median was 5.61%.

LSE:SIG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 6.97 vs LSE:SIG: 1.48

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) %. Signature Aviation's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was 13.31%. 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.


Signature Aviation Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Signature Aviation Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Signature Aviation Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.31 3.76 4.01 3.60 1.49

Signature Aviation Semi-Annual Data
Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20
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 4.01 - 3.60 - 1.49

Competitive Comparison of Signature Aviation's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Airports & Air Services subindustry, Signature Aviation'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.


Signature Aviation's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Signature Aviation's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Signature Aviation 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.

Signature Aviations Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=75.442/4833.48928
=1.56 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Signature Aviation  (LSE:SIG) 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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Signature Aviation (LSE:SIG) Business Description

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Signature Aviation is a United Kingdom-based global aviation support and aftermarket services provider that focuses on servicing the business and general aviation market. The group, including Signature FBO, TechnicAir, and Epic fuels, provides full-service flight and home-base support through the fixed-base operation network for business and general aviation users. The company operates through three segments: owner operators, fractional owner operators, and charter operators. Epic provides fuel and fuel-related services at fixed-base networks across North America, including fuel purchasing cards and transaction processing. The company generates most of its revenue in North America.