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PC Connection (PC Connection) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.15% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is PC Connection Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

PC Connection's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,479 Mil. PC Connection's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $106 Mil. PC Connection's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.15%.

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

CNXN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.45   Med: 11.45   Max: 17.07
Current: 7.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of PC Connection was 17.07%. The lowest was 5.45%. And the median was 11.45%.

CNXN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
72.66% of 2473 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.35 vs CNXN: 7.54

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) %. PC Connection's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.01%. 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.


PC Connection Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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PC Connection Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

PC Connection 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 9.14 6.33 9.33 10.75 7.15

PC Connection 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 10.75 10.42 10.74 9.12 7.15

Competitive Comparison of PC Connection's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, PC Connection'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.


PC Connection's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, PC Connection's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



PC Connection 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=105.836/1479.3836
=7.15 %

PC Connection'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 $106 Mil.



PC Connection  (NAS:CNXN) 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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PC Connection (PC Connection) Business Description

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730 Milford Road, Merrimack, NH, USA, 03054-4631
PC Connection Inc is a provider of information technology solutions. It provides products such as computer systems, software and peripheral equipment, networking communications, and other products and accessories that company purchase from manufacturers and distributors. The company also offers services involving design, configuration, and implementation of IT solutions. It conducts business operations through three business segments namely Business Solutions, Enterprise Solutions, and Public Sector Solutions. The company generates maximum revenue Enterprise Solutions segment.
Executives
Thomas C Baker officer: Sr. VP, CFO & Treasurer 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Negrini David Beffa director, officer: VP, Corporate Communications PC CONNECTION, 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Timothy J Mcgrath officer: President & CEO PC CONNECTION, 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Jack L Ferguson officer: Treasurer & Interim CFO PC CONNECTION, INC., 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Barbara Duckett director 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Patricia Gallup director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & Chief Admin Officer 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Pc Connection Inc 10 percent owner ROUTE 101A, 730 MILFORD RD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Comack Trust 10 percent owner 450 MARLBORO STREET, KEENE NH 03431
Jay E Bothwick director C/O PC CONENCTION, 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Gary Kinyon director 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Estate Of David Mclellan Hall 10 percent owner C/O PC CONNECTION, 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Joseph A Baute director 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Stephen P Sarno officer: Sr. VP, Treasurer & CFO C/O SAPIENT CORPORATION, 25 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
David Hall director, 10 percent owner, officer: Vice Chairman 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Glynn W Schulze officer: Interim CFO and VP C/O PC CONNECTION, INC., 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054