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USA Truck (USA Truck) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 10.45% (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is USA Truck Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

USA Truck's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $464.2 Mil. USA Truck's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $48.5 Mil. USA Truck's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 10.45%.

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

USAK' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -15.13   Med: 1.73   Max: 16.26
Current: 10.38

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of USA Truck was 16.26%. The lowest was -15.13%. And the median was 1.73%.

USAK's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 6.98 vs USAK: 10.38

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) %. USA Truck's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 28.09%. 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.


USA Truck Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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USA Truck Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

USA Truck Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.95 7.11 0.69 4.81 10.75

USA Truck Quarterly Data
Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22
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 8.79 10.43 10.75 13.93 10.45

Competitive Comparison of USA Truck's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Trucking subindustry, USA Truck'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.


USA Truck's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, USA Truck's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



USA Truck 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.

USA Trucks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=36.985/344.0137268
=10.75 %

USA Truck's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $48.5 Mil.



USA Truck  (NAS:USAK) 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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USA Truck (USA Truck) Business Description

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Address
3200 Industrial Park Road, Van Buren, AR, USA, 72956
USA Truck Inc provides transportation and logistics services. It reports two segments namely Trucking which consists of the company's truckload and freight service offerings and USAT Logistics which consist of the company's freight brokerage, logistics, and rail intermodal service offerings. The company transports commodities throughout the United States and into and out of portions of Canada and Mexico. The majority of the revenue is generated from the Trucking segment.
Executives
Robert E. Creager director 2728 TANGLEY ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77005
Rajan Penkar director C/O TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA INC., 24601 CENTER RIDGE ROAD, WESTLAKE OH 44145
Kimberly K Littlejohn officer: SVP - Customer Experience, CIO 3200 INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD VAN BUREN AR 72956
Alexander David Greene director 3200 INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD, VAN BUREN AR 72956
Thomas M Glaser director
Barbara J Faulkenberry director 3200 INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD, VAN BUREN AR 72956
Timothy W Guin officer: EVP & Chief Commercial Officer 2200 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ 85043
James D Reed director, officer: President and CEO 3200 INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD, VAN BUREN AR 72956
Jason R. Bates officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer USA TRUCK, INC., 3200 INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD, VAN BUREN AR 72956
Zachary B King officer: VP, Corporate Controller, PAO 3200 INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD VAN BUREN AR 72956
Hermann Justin Kreimer officer: VP - Trucking Operations 3200 INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD VAN BUREN AR 72956
Katherine B. Knight officer: VP, Gen Counsel, Corp Sec. 3200 INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD VAN BUREN AR 72956
Gary Enzor director 2200 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE PHOENIX AZ 85043
Robert A Peiser director PO BOX 612787, DFW AIRPORT TX 75261
Mary Susan Chambers director 702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716-0215

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