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Tribune Media Co (Tribune Media Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 10.53% (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Tribune Media Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Tribune Media Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was $5,919 Mil. Tribune Media Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 was $623 Mil. Tribune Media Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was 10.53%.

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

TRCO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 2.995
* 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) %. Tribune Media Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was -8.17%. 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.


Tribune Media Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Tribune Media Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Tribune Media Co Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.49 -2.23 10.02 0.69 11.88

Tribune Media Co Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
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 10.14 11.56 11.88 11.07 10.53

Competitive Comparison of Tribune Media Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Tribune Media Co'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.


Tribune Media Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Tribune Media Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Tribune Media Co 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.

Tribune Media Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=694.693/5847.793796
=11.88 %

Tribune Media Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $623 Mil.



Tribune Media Co  (NYSE:TRCO) 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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Tribune Media Co (Tribune Media Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
515 North State Street, Chicago, IL, USA, 60654
Tribune is one of the country's largest media companies. It reaches more than 80% of U.S. households and is the only media organization with newspapers, TV stations, and Web sites in the nation's top three markets. Tribune's newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Newsday. Its broadcasting group operates more than 20 television stations, superstation WGN on national cable, an AM radio station, and the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
Executives
Peter M Kern director, officer: CEO C/O EXPEDIA, INC., 333 108TH AVENUE NE, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Ross Levinsohn director 701 FIRST AVENUE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Peter E Murphy director ONE CAESARS PALACE DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Craig A Jacobson director C/O EXPEDIA, INC., 333 108TH AVENUE NE, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Edward P Lazarus officer: EVP, General Counsel & CSO C/O TRIBUNE COMPANY, 435 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO IL 60611
Oaktree Capital Group Holdings Gp, Llc other: Former director and 10% owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.p. other: Former director and 10% owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Tribune, L.p. other: Former director and 10% owner C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 333 S. GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Aif Investments, L.p. other: Former director and 10% owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Aif Investment Gp, Llc other: Former director and 10% owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Peter Liguori director, officer: President and CEO 1 DISCOVERY PLACE, SILVER SPRING MD 20910
Melanie Hughes officer: EVP, Human Resources 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Steven Berns officer: EVP & CFO TRADEWEB MARKETS INC., 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Kenneth Liang director C/O 77 BEALE ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Bruce A Karsh director C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., 333 S. GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071

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