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GP Strategies (GP Strategies) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.78% (As of Jun. 2021)


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What is GP Strategies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

GP Strategies's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was $287.8 Mil. GP Strategies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2021 was $19.5 Mil. GP Strategies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was 6.78%.

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

GPX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.86   Med: 7.01   Max: 13.93
Current: 5.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of GP Strategies was 13.93%. The lowest was 3.86%. And the median was 7.01%.

GPX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Education industry.
Industry Median: 5.28 vs GPX: 5.15

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) %. GP Strategies's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was -3.79%. 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.


GP Strategies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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GP Strategies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

GP Strategies Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.08 5.30 5.66 8.61 5.34

GP Strategies Quarterly Data
Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21
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 8.25 6.72 5.34 4.73 6.78

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

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, GP Strategies'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.


GP Strategies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, GP Strategies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



GP Strategies 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.

GP Strategiess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=11.544/216.316338
=5.34 %

GP Strategies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $19.5 Mil.



GP Strategies  (NYSE:GPX) 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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GP Strategies (GP Strategies) Business Description

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Address
70 Corporate Center, Suite 300, 11000 Broken Land Parkway, Columbia, MD, USA, 21044
GP Strategies Corp provides training, e-Learning solutions, management consulting, and engineering services. The company serves companies in the automotive, financial services and insurance, steel, oil and gas, power, chemical, electronics and technology, manufacturing, software, retail, healthcare, education, and food and beverage industries, as well as government agencies. Its training offerings include content and curriculum development, e-Learning, learning and training outsourcing, and documentation development.
Executives
Pfenniger Richard C Jr director 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD., MIAMI FL 33137
Marshall S Geller director 10866 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 1450, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Tamar Elkeles director 1040 MUIRLANDS DRIVE LA JOLLA CA 92037
Samuel D. Robinson director C/O SAGARD CAPITAL MGMT. CORPORATION 325 GREENWICH AVENUE GREENWICH CT 06830
Steven Elliot Koonin director 1535 RANCHO CONEJO BLVD THOUSAND OAKS CA 91320
Jacques Manardo director
Adam H Stedham officer: CEO & President GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION, 11000 BROKEN LAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200, COLUMBIA MD 21044
James L Galante officer: SVP & General Counsel GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION 11000 BROKEN LAND PARKWAY SUITE 200 COLUMBIA MD 21044
Scott N Greenberg director 9 WEST 57 STREET, SUITE 4170, NEW YORK NY 10019
Russell L. Becker officer: EVP, Chief Sales Officer GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION 11000 BROKEN LAND PKWY, SUITE 200 COLUMBIA MD 21044
Michael R Dugan officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION 11000 BROKEN LAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200 COLUMBIA MD 21044
Donald R Duquette officer: Executive Vice President 6095 MARSHALEE DRIVE SUITE 300 ELKRIDGE MD 21075
Patricia R. Begley officer: Executive Vice President GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION 6095 MARSHALEE DR., SUITE 300 ELKRIDGE MD 21075
Kenneth L Crawford officer: EVP & General Counsel 6095 MARSHALEE DRIVE SUITE 300 ELKRIDGE MD 21075
Cove Street Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 525 SOUTH DOUGLAS STREET, SUITE 225, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245