What is Methode Electronics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Methode Electronics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $971 Mil.
Methode Electronics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $-44 Mil. Methode Electronics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -4.49%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Methode Electronics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
MEI'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.75 Med: 8.16 Max: 15.35
Current: -6.54
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Methode Electronics was 15.35%. The lowest was -6.75%. And the median was 8.16%.
MEI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than 82.23% of 2476
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.315
vs MEI: -6.54
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) %. Methode Electronics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -10.28%. 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.
Methode Electronics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Methode Electronics'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 Methode Electronics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Electronic Components subindustry, Methode Electronics'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.
Methode Electronics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Methode Electronics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Methode Electronics'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.
Methode Electronicss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as
Methode Electronics'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 $-44 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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Methode Electronics (Methode Electronics) Business Description
Methode Electronics Inc makes component and subsystem devices employing electrical, radio remote control, electronic, wireless, and sensing technologies. The firm is organized in various business segments: Automotive, Industrial, interface and Medical. The Automotive segment supplies electronic and electro-mechanical devices and related products to automobile. The Industrial segment manufactures external lighting solutions, industrial safety radio remote controls, braided flexible cables and custom power-product assemblies. The Interface segment provides a variety of copper and fiber-optic interface and interface solutions. The Medical segment is made up of the Company's medical device business, Dabir Surfaces, its surface support technology aimed at pressure injury prevention.
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