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Ambac Financial Group (Ambac Financial Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 1.78% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Ambac Financial Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,277.8 Mil. Ambac Financial Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $76.0 Mil. Ambac Financial Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.78%.

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

AMBC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.02   Med: 2.4   Max: 15.43
Current: 1.84

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Ambac Financial Group was 15.43%. The lowest was -4.02%. And the median was 2.40%.

AMBC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
61.22% of 490 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.565 vs AMBC: 1.84

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) %. Ambac Financial Group'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.


Ambac Financial Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ambac Financial Group'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.

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Ambac Financial Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.02 -2.73 2.61 15.11 1.78

Ambac Financial Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.11 14.73 14.14 7.36 1.78

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Ambac Financial Group'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.


Ambac Financial Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Ambac Financial Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ambac Financial Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Ambac Financial Group 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.

Ambac Financial Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=76/4277.820192
=1.78 %

Ambac Financial Group'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 $76.0 Mil.



Ambac Financial Group  (NYSE:AMBC) 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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Ambac Financial Group (Ambac Financial Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One World Trade Center, New York, NY, USA, 10007
Ambac Financial Group Incis a financial services holding company. The business operations of the company include Legacy Financial Guarantee Insurance, Specialty Property and Casualty Insurance and Insurance Distribution. The Company has three reportable segments namely Legacy Financial Guarantee Insurance, Specialty Property and Casualty Insurance and Insurance Distribution. Majority of revenues are earned from Legacy Financial Guarantee Insurance segment.
Executives
Claude Leblanc director, officer: Chief Executive Officer ONE BERMUDIANA ROAD, HAMILTON D0 HM 11
Kristi Ann Matus director C/O EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC., 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10104
Michael D Price director 67 ORCHARD DRIVE, NEW CANAAN CT 06840
C James Prieur director
Lisa G Iglesias director 1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE, LAW DEPT. 7S730, CHATTANOOGA TN 37402
David Trick officer: Sr. MD., CFO & Treasurer AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., ONE STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Daniel Mcginnis officer: Sr. MD & COO C/O AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER, 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007
R Sharon Smith officer: Senior Managing Director ONE STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Robert Bryan Eisman officer: Sr. MD & CAO AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC., ONE STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Jeffrey Scott Stein director 601 TRAVIS, SUITE 1400, HOUSTON TX 77002
Stephen Michael Ksenak officer: Sr. MD & General Counsel AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., ONE STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Joan M Lammtennant director 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
David Barranco officer: Senior Managing Director C/O AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC, ONE STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Tavakoli Nader director 551 FIFTH AVE 334TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10176
Alexander David Greene director 3200 INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD, VAN BUREN AR 72956

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