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CSS Industries (CSS Industries) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -5.59% (As of Dec. 2019)


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What is CSS Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

CSS Industries's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was $110.5 Mil. CSS Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2019 was $-6.2 Mil. CSS Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was -5.59%.

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

CSS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 4.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. CSS Industries's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 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.


CSS Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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* 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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CSS Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

CSS Industries Annual Data
Trend Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.17 15.20 5.76 -8.74 -38.61

CSS Industries Quarterly Data
Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19
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 -26.32 -38.61 -14.41 -7.71 -5.59

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

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, CSS Industries'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.


CSS Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, CSS Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



CSS Industries 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.

CSS Industriess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2019 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-24.059/62.3030676
=-38.62 %

CSS Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-6.2 Mil.



CSS Industries  (NYSE:CSS) 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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CSS Industries (CSS Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
450 Plymouth Road, Suite 300, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA, 19462
CSS Industries Inc is a consumer products company. It is focused on the seasonal, gift and craft categories. The company engages in the creative development, manufacture, procurement, distribution, and sale of products with an omni-channel approach focused primarily on mass market retailers.
Executives
Philip R Broenniman director C/O CSS INDUSTRIES, INC., 450 PLYMOUTH ROAD, SUITE 300, PLYMOUTH MEETING PA 19462
Robert E Chappell director C/O GLATFELTER, 96 S GEORGE ST STE 420, YORK PA 17401
Keith W Pfeil officer: Exec. VP and CFO GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., 2560 GENERAL ARMISTEAD AVENUE, AUDUBON PA 19403
Steven W Eck officer: VP - Finance and Accounting C/O CSS INDUSTRIES, INC., 450 PLYMOUTH ROAD, SUITE 300, PLYMOUTH MEETING PA 19462
Scott A Beaumont director C/O CSS INDUSTRIES, INC., 450 PLYMOUTH ROAD, SUITE 300, PLYMOUTH MEETING PA 19462
John J Gavin director GMS INC., 100 CRESCENT CENTRE PARKWAY, SUITE 800, TUCKER GA 30084
James E Ksansnak director ARAMARK CORPORATION, 1101 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19107