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Genie Energy (Genie Energy) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 2.80% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Genie Energy's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $650.8 Mil. Genie Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $18.2 Mil. Genie Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.80%.

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

GNE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -61.21   Med: 4.99   Max: 59.08
Current: 5.56

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Genie Energy was 59.08%. The lowest was -61.21%. And the median was 4.99%.

GNE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
60.11% of 524 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 6.99 vs GNE: 5.56

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) %. Genie Energy's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 25.99%. 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.


Genie Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Genie Energy'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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Genie Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.57 14.12 41.32 47.17 2.80

Genie Energy 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 47.17 27.62 27.32 27.10 2.80

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Genie Energy'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.


Genie Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Genie Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Genie Energy 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=18.207/650.765389
=2.80 %

Genie Energy'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 $18.2 Mil.



Genie Energy  (NYSE:GNE) 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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Genie Energy (Genie Energy) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
520 Broad Street, Newark, NJ, USA, 07102
Genie Energy, through its subsidiaries, operates primarily as a global retail energy provider. It operates two reportable business segments: Genie retail energy, or GRE, and Genie renewables. The Genie retail energy segment resells energy to residential and commercial consumers in the Eastern and Midwestern United States through its portfolio of various retail energy providers. The Genie renewables segment holds controlling interests in various companies engaged in the manufacturing of solar panels, solar installation design, and solar energy project management.
Executives
Alan B Rosenthal director C/O GENIE ENERGY LTD., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Joyce J Mason director IDT CORP, 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Avi Goldin officer: CFO and Treasurer C/O GENIE ENERGY LTD., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
James A Courter director IDT CORP, 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Howard S Jonas director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board
Michael C Jonas officer: Executive Vice President C/O GENIE ENERGY LTD., 550 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Michael M Stein officer: Executive Vice President 550 BROAD STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEWARK NJ 07102
Irwin Katsof director C/O CTM MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., 11 LARGO DRIVE SOUTH, STAMFORD CT 06907
Claude Pupkin officer: CEO & President IDT CORPORATION, 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Ira A Greenstein officer: President IDT CORP, 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Idt Corp 10 percent owner 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
William Wesley Perry director
Allan Sass director C/O GENIE ENERGY LTD., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Geoffrey Rochwarger officer: Vice Chairman IDT CORP, 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102