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Resources Connection (Resources Connection) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 8.67% (As of Feb. 2024)


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

Resources Connection's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $368.5 Mil. Resources Connection's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $32.0 Mil. Resources Connection's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 8.67%.

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

RGP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.27   Med: 9.21   Max: 21.06
Current: 11.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Resources Connection was 21.06%. The lowest was 3.27%. And the median was 9.21%.

RGP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
77.03% of 1110 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.645 vs RGP: 11.70

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) %. Resources Connection's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 17.44%. 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.


Resources Connection Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Resources Connection Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Resources Connection Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.47 9.62 5.07 14.37 17.73

Resources Connection Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 16.67 17.73 12.41 10.04 8.67

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

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Resources 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.


Resources Connection's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Resources Connection's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Resources 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=73.17/412.448
=17.74 %

Resources Connection's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $32.0 Mil.



Resources Connection  (NAS:RGP) 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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Resources Connection (Resources Connection) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
17101 Armstrong Avenue, Suite 100, Irvine, CA, USA, 92614
Resources Connection Inc provides consulting and business initiative support services primarily through its operative subsidiary, Resources Global Professionals. It has two segments RGP ( Resources Global Professionals.) and Other segments. The company offers transformation and improvement, financial reporting and analysis, strategy development, and program and project management services and support. Its clients operate in the accounting, finance, corporate governance, risk and compliance management, corporate advisory, strategic communications and restructuring, information management, human capital, supply chain management, and legal and regulatory sectors.
Executives
David P White director 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE., STE 100, IRVINE CA 92614
Neil F Dimick director BUILDING 4, TRIDENT PLACE, MOSQUITO WAY, HATFIELD, HERTFORDSHIRE X0 AL10 9UL
Timothy L Brackney officer: President and COO 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE, STE 100, IRVINE CA 92614
Kate W Duchene director, officer: President & CEO 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE, STE 100, IRVINE CA 92614
Jennifer Y Ryu officer: CFO 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE, STE 100, IRVINE CA 92614
Robert F Kistinger director 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE, STE 100, IRVINE CA 92614
Jolene Sarkis director 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE, STE 100, IRVINE CA 92614
Maltzan Marco Von director 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE, STE 100, IRVINE CA 92614
Susan Collyns director 6053 W CENTURY BLVD STE 1100, C/O CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN INC, LOS ANGLES CA 90045-6430
Donald B Murray director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE, STE 100, IRVINE CA 92614
Anthony Cherbak officer: Executive VP of Operations 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE, STE 100, IRVINE CA 92614
Lisa Pierozzi director 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE, STE 100, IRVINE CA 92614
Susan J Crawford director 17101 ARMSTRONG AVE, IRVINE CA 92614
John D Bower officer: Vice-President of Finance C/O RESOURCES CONNECTION, 695 TOWN CENTER DR, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Michael H Wargotz director AXCESS WORLDWIDE, 515 MADISON AVE., 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022