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U.S. Well Services (U.S. Well Services) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -7.59% (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is U.S. Well Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

U.S. Well Services's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $395.7 Mil. U.S. Well Services's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $-30.0 Mil. U.S. Well Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was -7.59%.

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

USWS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -60.37   Med: -12.7   Max: -1.28
Current: -7.17

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of U.S. Well Services was -1.28%. The lowest was -60.37%. And the median was -12.70%.

USWS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.445 vs USWS: -7.17

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.S. Well Services's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 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.


U.S. Well Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for U.S. Well Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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U.S. Well Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

U.S. Well Services Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.04 -1.59 -11.12 -51.55 -10.06

U.S. Well Services 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 -11.99 -9.78 -10.06 -11.44 -7.59

Competitive Comparison of U.S. Well Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, U.S. Well Services'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.S. Well Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, U.S. Well Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where U.S. Well Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



U.S. Well Services 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.S. Well Servicess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-37.306/370.943304
=-10.06 %

U.S. Well Services'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 $-30.0 Mil.



U.S. Well Services  (NAS:USWS) 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.S. Well Services (U.S. Well Services) Business Description

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Address
1360 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1800, Houston, TX, USA, 77056
U.S. Well Services Inc is an oilfield service provider of well stimulation services to the upstream oil and natural gas industry. The company is engaged in high-pressure hydraulic fracturing in unconventional oil and natural gas basins in the United States. It operates in a single segment, which consists of pressure pumping services.
Executives
Joshua Shapiro officer: Chief Financial Officer 1360 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1800, HOUSTON TX 77056
Angelo Gordon & Co Lp/ny 10 percent owner 245 PARK AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10167
Ag Partners Lp 10 percent owner C/O ANGELO GORDON & CO, 245 PARK AVE 26TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10167
Ag Energy Funding, Llc 10 percent owner C/O ANGELO, GORDON & CO., L.P., 245 PARK AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10167
Adam R Schwartz 10 percent owner 245 PARK AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10167
Joshua Baumgarten 10 percent owner 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY, WILMINGTON DE 19809
Steve Saad Habachy director 9805 KATY WAY, SUITE 400, HOUSTON TX 77024
Farris Wilks 10 percent owner 17018 INTERSTATE 20, CISCO TX 76437
Thrc Holdings, Lp 10 percent owner 17018 INTERSTATE 20, CISCO TX 76437
Thrc Management, Llc 10 percent owner 17018 INTERSTATE 20, CISCO TX 76437
Staci Wilks 10 percent owner 17018 INTERSTATE 20, CISCO TX 76437
Dan H. Wilks 10 percent owner 17018 INTERSTATE 20, CISCO TX 76437
Jasper Antolin other: Principal Accounting Officer 1360 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1800, HOUSTON TX 77056
Beal Financial Corp 10 percent owner 15770 N DALLAS PARKWAY, STE 300 LB 66, DALLAS TX 75248
Daniel Andrew Beal 10 percent owner 6000 LEGACY DRIVE, PLANO TX 75024

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