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Itron (ITRI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 3.73% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Itron's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,643 Mil. Itron's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $136 Mil. Itron's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.73%.

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

ITRI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.2   Med: 1.14   Max: 5.86
Current: 3.1

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Itron was 5.86%. The lowest was -9.20%. And the median was 1.14%.

ITRI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
50.51% of 2475 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.15 vs ITRI: 3.10

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) %. Itron'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.


Itron Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Itron'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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Itron 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 2.97 -0.27 -2.75 -0.34 3.73

Itron 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 -0.34 -0.90 1.28 3.22 3.73

Competitive Comparison

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Itron'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.


Itron Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Itron 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=135.735/3642.56512
=3.73 %

Itron'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 $136 Mil.



Itron  (NAS:ITRI) 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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Itron (ITRI) Business Description

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2111 North Molter Road, Liberty Lake, WA, USA, 99019
Itron Inc provides solutions that measure, manage and analyze energy and water use. It operates under the Itron brand and manages and reports under three operating segments: Device Solutions, Networked Solutions, and Outcomes. The device Solutions segment includes hardware products used for measurement, control, or sense that do not have communications capability embedded for use with broader Itron systems.The networked Solutions segment includes a combination of communicating devices, network infrastructure, and associated application software designed and sold as a complete solution. The outcome segment includes their value-added, enhanced software and services which manage, organize, analyze, and interpret data to improve decision making, maximize operational profitability.
Executives
John F. Marcolini officer: SVP, Networked Solutions C/O ITRON, INC., 2111 N MOLTER ROAD, LIBERTY LAKE WA 99019
Reeves Donald L. Iii officer: SVP Outcomes 555 BROADWAY STREET, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Sanjay Mirchandani director 188 MINNA STREET, #29C, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Christopher E. Ware officer: VP, General Counsel & Corp Sec 2111 N MOLTER ROAD, LIBERTY LAKE WA 99019
Laurie Ann Pulatie-hahn officer: SVP, HR 2111 N MOLTER ROAD, LIBERTY LAKE WA 99019
Michel Cadieux officer: SVP, HR 2111 NORTH MOLTER ROAD, LIBERTY LAKE WA 99019
Thomas Deitrich officer: EVP, COO C/O FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 6501 WILLIAM CANNON DR WEST, TX30/OE19, AUSTIN TX 78735
Joan S Hooper officer: SVP & CFO ONE DELL WAY, ROUND ROCK TX 78682
Justin K Patrick officer: SVP, Device Solutions 1157 CANARY LANE, GRAFTON WI 53024
Mary C. Hemmingsen director 2111 N MOLTER ROAD, LIBERTY LAKE WA 99019
Sarah E. Hlavinka officer: SVP. Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec 2111 N MOLTER RD, LIBERTY LAKE WA 99019
Lynda L. Ziegler director, officer: Chair of the Board C/O ITRON, INC., 2111 NORTH MOLTER ROAD, LIBERTY LAKE WA 99019
Thomas S Glanville director 2818 N SULLIVAN ROAD, SPOLANE WA 99216
Santiago Perez director 2111 N MOLTER ROAD, LIBERTY LAKE WA 99019
Sharelynn Faye Moore officer: SVP, Networks 424 W. HIGH DRIVE, SPOKANE WA 99203