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Harte-Hanks (Harte-Hanks) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 15.29% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Harte-Hanks's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $59.2 Mil. Harte-Hanks's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.9 Mil. Harte-Hanks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 15.29%.

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

HHS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -111.09   Med: 2.1   Max: 26.7
Current: 12.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Harte-Hanks was 26.70%. The lowest was -111.09%. And the median was 2.10%.

HHS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
74.86% of 533 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 6.7 vs HHS: 12.85

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) %. Harte-Hanks'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.


Harte-Hanks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Harte-Hanks'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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Harte-Hanks Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -22.52 -32.05 21.05 15.34 15.29

Harte-Hanks 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) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.34 15.41 16.89 3.68 15.29

Competitive Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Harte-Hanks'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.


Harte-Hanks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Harte-Hanks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Harte-Hanks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Harte-Hanks 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.

Harte-Hankss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=9.046/59.1978488
=15.28 %

Harte-Hanks'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 $7.9 Mil.



Harte-Hanks  (NAS:HHS) 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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Harte-Hanks (Harte-Hanks) Business Description

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Address
1 Executive Drive, Chelmsford, MA, USA, 01824
Harte-Hanks Inc is a customer experience company. The Company operates three business segments: Marketing Services; Customer Care; and Fulfillment & Logistics Services. The company has its geographic presence in United States and Other countries. Majority of the revenue is earned from United States.
Executives
Bradley Louis Radoff director 2727 KIRBY DRIVE, UNIT 29L, HOUSTON TX 77098
Kirk A Davis director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O NEWM, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Griffin John H Jr director
Brian Linscott officer: Chief Operating Officer 864 N BEVERLY LANE, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Laurilee Kearnes officer: Chief Financial Officer 9601 MCALLISTER FREEWAY, SUITE 610, SAN ANTONIO TX 78216
Robert T. Wyman officer: General Counsel 2 EAST MAIN STREET, GEORGETOWN MA 01833
David L Copeland director PO BOX 2791, ABILENE TX 79604
Andrew B Benett officer: Chief Executive Officer 1850 N CENTRAL AVENUE, SUITE 1900, PHOENIX AZ 85004-4565
Genevieve Claire Combes director 2000 POWELL STREET, SUITE 300, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Tobia Alfred Victor Jr. director 767 3RD AVENUE, SUITE 602, NEW YORK NY 10017
Maureen Oconnell director
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Martin F Reidy director DIGITAS INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
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