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Woodward (Woodward) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.58% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Woodward's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,774 Mil. Woodward's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $402 Mil. Woodward's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.58%.

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

WWD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.85   Med: 5.12   Max: 8.79
Current: 4.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Woodward was 8.79%. The lowest was 2.85%. And the median was 5.12%.

WWD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
68.81% of 311 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.82 vs WWD: 4.24

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) %. Woodward's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.70%. 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.


Woodward Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Woodward'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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Woodward Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.77 5.56 3.75 4.27 4.03

Woodward 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 3.56 3.37 3.60 4.03 4.58

Competitive Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Woodward'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.


Woodward Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Woodward's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Woodward 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=323.666/8039.8611
=4.03 %

Woodward'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 $402 Mil.



Woodward  (NAS:WWD) 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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Woodward (Woodward) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1081 Woodward Way, Fort Collins, CO, USA, 80524
Woodward Inc is an independent designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets. It designs, produces, and service reliable, efficient, low-emission, and high-performance energy control products for diverse applications in challenging environments. The company holds production and assembly facilities primarily in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and promotes products and services through worldwide locations.
Executives
Randall Hobbs officer: President, Industrial 1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
John D Cohn director C/O ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Ronald M Sega director 10877 WILSHIRE BLVD, SUITE 710, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Christopher Fawzy officer: VP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec 201 MENTOR DRIVE, SANTA BARBARA CA 93111
Rajeev Bhalla director 1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
Mary D Petryszyn director 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Tana Leigh Utley director C/O SPX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 6325 ARDREY KELL ROAD, SUITE 400, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Gregg C Sengstack director FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC, 9255 COVERDALE RD, FORT WAYNE IN 46809
William F. Lacey officer: CFO 1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
Charles P Blankenship director, officer: CEO and President 1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
Mark D Hartman officer: Chief Financial Officer 1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
Paul Donovan director PO BOX 7003, ROCKFORD IL 61125-7003
David P Hess director 390 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Mary L Petrovich director
Daniel G. Korte director C/O LMI AEROSPACE, INC., 411 FOUNTAIN LAKE BLVD., ST. CHARLES MO 63301