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MP Materials (MP Materials) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.19% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is MP Materials Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

MP Materials's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,225.9 Mil. MP Materials's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $38.3 Mil. MP Materials's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.19%.

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

MP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.5   Med: 2.84   Max: 8.66
Current: 1.64

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of MP Materials was 8.66%. The lowest was -3.50%. And the median was 2.84%.

MP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
82.42% of 2673 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -12 vs MP: 1.64

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) %. MP Materials's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


MP Materials Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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MP Materials Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

MP Materials Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -0.68 2.23 9.11 1.19

MP Materials Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 9.11 6.16 5.37 3.54 1.19

Competitive Comparison of MP Materials's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, MP Materials'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.


MP Materials's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, MP Materials's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



MP Materials 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.

MP Materialss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=38.329/3225.8927
=1.19 %

MP Materials's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $38.3 Mil.



MP Materials  (NYSE:MP) 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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MP Materials (MP Materials) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1700 S. Pavilion Center Drive, 8th Floor, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89135
MP Materials Corp is the largest producer of rare earth materials in the Western Hemisphere. The company owns and operates the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility, the only rare earth mining and processing site ofscale in North America.
Executives
Michael Stuart Rosenthal officer: Chief Operating Officer 1700 S. PAVILION CENTER DR., SUITE 800, LAS VEGAS NV 89135
James H. Litinsky director, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O MP MATERIALS CORP., 1700 S. PAVILION CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 800, LAS VEGAS NV 89135
Jhl Capital Group Llc other: See Remarks 1500 N. HALSTED ST., SUITE 200, CHICAGO IL 60642
Arnold W Donald director C/O CARNIVAL CORPORATION, 3655 N.W. 87TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33178
Daniel Allen Gold director 6720 VIA AUSTI PARKWAY, SUITE 450, LAS VEGAS NV 89119
Qvt Financial Lp director, 10 percent owner, other: Director by Deputization 888 SEVENTH AVENUE, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10106
Ryan Corbett officer: Chief Financial Officer 1700 S. PAVILION CENTER DR., SUITE 800, LAS VEGAS NV 89135
Duckworth Connie K director EIGHT WINGS ENTERPRISES, 77 STONE AGTE LANE, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Andrew A. Mcknight director, officer: Chief Executive Officer ONE MARKET PLAZA, SPEAR TOWER 42ND FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94123
Elliot Dean Hoops officer: General Counsel and Secretary 1700 S. PAVILION CENTER DR., SUITE 800, LAS VEGAS NV 89135
Jhl Capital Group Holdings Two Llc other: See Remarks 1500 N. HALSTED ST.,, SUITE 2000, CHICAGO IL 60642
Richard B Myers director C/O NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Randall J Weisenburger director C/O WASSERSTEIN PERELLA GROUP, 31 WEST 52ND ST 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Maryanne Lavan director 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Sheila Bangalore officer: CSO and General Counsel 6720 VIA AUSTI PARKWAY, SUITE 450, LAS VEGAS NV 89119