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Arcosa (Arcosa) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.40% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Arcosa Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Arcosa's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $4,600 Mil. Arcosa's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $203 Mil. Arcosa's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.40%.

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

ACA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6.23   Max: 11.96
Current: 4.33

During the past 9 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Arcosa was 11.96%. The lowest was 3.00%. And the median was 6.23%.

ACA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
61.78% of 1698 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.345 vs ACA: 4.33

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) %. Arcosa's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 22.82%. 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.


Arcosa Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Arcosa Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Arcosa Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 7.61 5.30 3.39 11.49 5.00

Arcosa Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 11.30 9.57 10.03 5.00 4.40

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

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Arcosa'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.


Arcosa's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



Arcosa 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=224/4477.088472
=5.00 %

Arcosa's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $203 Mil.



Arcosa  (NYSE:ACA) 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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Arcosa (Arcosa) Business Description

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Address
500 N. Akard Street, Suite 400, Dallas, TX, USA, 75201
Arcosa Inc is a manufacturer and producer of infrastructure-related products and services. It operates in three segments namely Construction Products, Engineered Structures, and Transportation Products. The Construction Products segment produces and sells construction aggregates and manufactures and sells trench shields and shoring products and services for infrastructure-related projects. The Transportation Products segment manufactures and sells products for the inland waterway and rail transportation industries. The Engineered Structures segment manufactures and sells products for energy-related businesses, including structural wind towers, telecommunication structures, steel utility structures for electricity transmission and distribution, and storage and distribution containers.
Executives
Antonio Carrillo director, officer: President & CEO 500 N AKARD ST. SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75201
Kerry S Cole officer: Pres of Energy Equip. 500 N AKARD ST. SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75201
Collins Jesse E. Jr. officer: Pres Transp Products 6270 FIRTH ROAD, FORT WORTH TX 76116
Ronald J Gafford director ARCOSA INC, 500 N AKARD ST. SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75201
Eric D Hurst officer: VP Controller (PAO) 500 N. AKARD ST., SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75201
Steven J. Demetriou director 25825 SCIENCE PARK DRIVE, SUITE 400, BEACHWOOD OH 44102
Mary E Henderson officer: Vice President 500 N AKARD ST. SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75201
Gail M Peck officer: Vice President 500 N AKARD ST. SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75201
Bryan Stevenson officer: Secretary 500 N AKARD ST., DALLAS TX 75201
Julie A Piggott director 500 N AKARD ST. SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75201
Kimberly S Lubel director P.O. BOX 696000, SAN ANTONIO TX 78269-6000
Valueact Capital Master Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING D, 4TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Valueact Holdings Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING D, FOURTH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Scott C Beasley officer: Vice President 500 N AKARD ST. SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75201
Reid S Essl officer: Pres Constr. Products 500 N AKARD ST. SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75201

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