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Veritiv (Veritiv) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 16.45% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Veritiv Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Veritiv's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $2,323 Mil. Veritiv's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $382 Mil. Veritiv's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 16.45%.

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

VRTV' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.03   Med: 3.71   Max: 26.83
Current: 16.31

During the past 12 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Veritiv was 26.83%. The lowest was -1.03%. And the median was 3.71%.

VRTV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 6.505 vs VRTV: 16.31

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) %. Veritiv's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 28.56%. 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.


Veritiv Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Veritiv Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Veritiv Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.42 0.62 5.49 8.00 20.24

Veritiv Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 25.25 20.24 22.27 23.26 16.45

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

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Veritiv'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.


Veritiv's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

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

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



Veritiv 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.

Veritivs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=447.9/2214.585
=20.23 %

Veritiv's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $382 Mil.



Veritiv  (NYSE:VRTV) 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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Veritiv (Veritiv) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1000 Abernathy Road NE, Building 400, Suite 1700, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30328
Veritiv Corp provides printing, publishing, packaging, and facility solutions. The company also provides logistics and supply chain management services. It operates in four primary segments based on the product type. The Print segment, which generates the majority of the revenue, distributes commercial printing and specialty paper products. The Publishing segment sells coated and uncoated commercial printing papers to publishers and retailers for use in magazines, books, and direct mail. The Packaging segment sells a variety of paper-based packaging products within the fiber-based, flexible and rigid categories. The Facility Solutions segment sells cleaning, breakroom, bathroom, safety, and hazard supplies. The majority of revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Baupost Group Llc/ma 10 percent owner 10 ST JAMES AVE, SUITE 1700, BOSTON MA 02116
Seth A Klarman 10 percent owner 10 ST JAMES AVENUE, STE 1700, BOSTON MA 02116
Baupost Group Gp, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 10 ST. JAMES AVENUE, SUITE 1700, BOSTON MA 02116
Eric Guerin officer: SVP Finance 1950 HASSELL ROAD, HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60169
Autumn R Bayles director QNB CORP, P.O. BOX 9005, QUAKERTOWN PA 18951
Stephen E. Macadam director C/O ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC., 5605 CARNEGIE BLVD., STE. 500, CHARLOTTE NC 28209
Lance D Gebert officer: Corporate Controller and PFO 1000 ABERNATHY ROAD, SUITE 1700, BUILDING 400, ATLANTA GA 30328
Stephen Joseph Smith officer: SVP & CFO C/O AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP, ONE AMERICAN RD, CLEVELAND OH 44144
Gregory B Morrison director 8214 WESTCHESTER DRIVE, SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75225
Susan B. Salyer officer: SVP Chief Compliance, and Sustainability Officer 1000 ABERNATHY ROAD, SUITE 1700, BUILDING 400, ATLANTA GA 30328
Bain Capital Investors Llc 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Karen Renner officer: SVP Chief Information Officer 3871 LAKEFIELD DR, SUWANEE GA 30024
Daniel B Calderwood officer: SVP Marketing & Bus. Mgmt 1000 ABERNATHY ROAD, SUITE 1700, BUILDING 400, ATLANTA GA 30028
Stephanie E Mayerle officer: SVP Sales 1000 ABERNATHY ROAD, SUITE 1700, BUILDING 400, ATLANTA GA 30028
Mary A Laschinger director, officer: CEO and Chairman 400 ATLANTIC STREET, STAMFORD CT 06921