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U-Haul Holding Co (U-Haul Holding Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 6.00% (As of Dec. 2023)
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U-Haul Holding Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $18,773 Mil. U-Haul Holding Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,125 Mil. U-Haul Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.00%.

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

UHAL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.15   Med: 8.15   Max: 12.48
Current: 6.65

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of U-Haul Holding Co was 12.48%. The lowest was 4.15%. And the median was 8.15%.

UHAL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
56.94% of 1110 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.695 vs UHAL: 6.65

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) %. U-Haul Holding Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.69%. 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.


U-Haul Holding Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for U-Haul Holding Co'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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U-Haul Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.45 4.86 5.73 10.13 9.09

U-Haul Holding Co 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 9.17 9.09 9.06 8.30 6.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, U-Haul Holding Co'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.


U-Haul Holding Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, U-Haul Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where U-Haul Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



U-Haul Holding Co 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.

U-Haul Holding Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1435.668/15786.0227
=9.09 %

U-Haul Holding Co'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 $1,125 Mil.



U-Haul Holding Co  (NYSE:UHAL) 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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U-Haul Holding Co (U-Haul Holding Co) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5555 Kietzke Lane, Suite 100, Reno, NV, USA, 89511
U-Haul Holding Co is an American moving truck, trailer, and self-storage rental company. The company also provides moving boxes, packing supplies, LPG (propane) refills, trailer hitch and wiring installation, storage container rentals, and other services. It has three reportable segments Moving and Storage, Property and Casualty Insurance, and Life Insurance. The majority of its revenue comes from the Moving and Storage segment.
Executives
Clarendon Strategies, Llc 10 percent owner 207 EAST CLARENDON AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Edward J Shoen director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 2727 N CENTRAL AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Mark V Shoen 10 percent owner 2727 N CENTRAL AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Willow Grove Holdings Lp 10 percent owner 1250 E. MISSOURI AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85014
Foster Road Llc 10 percent owner 1250 E. MISSOURI AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85014
Karl A. Schmidt director 600 HERITAGE RD., DE PERE WI 54115
John P. Brogan director 2727 N CENTRAL AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Carrie Martz other: Advisory Board Member 21335 N. 74TH WAY, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85225
De Respino Laurence J other: General Counsel 2721 N. CENTRAL, 11TH FLOOR, SOUTH TOWER, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Maria Lourdes Bell officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2727 N. CENTRAL AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Matthew Braccia officer: Pres-Amerco Real Estate Co. 2727 N. CENTRAL AVE., PHOENIX AZ 85004
Thomas W Hayes other: Ind. Gov Committee Member C/O FREMONT GENERAL CORP, 2020 SANTA MONICA BLVD #600, SANTA MONICA CA 90404
Carlos Vizcarra officer: Pres-Amerco Real Estate Co 2727 N CENTRAL AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Richard Jay Herrera director 21 BRILLIANT SKY DRIVE, SANTE FE NM 87508
David L Holmes 10 percent owner, other: Trustee 4040 S. WESTPOINT DR., RENO NV 89509