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Whiting Petroleum (Whiting Petroleum) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 12.56% (As of Mar. 2022)


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What is Whiting Petroleum Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Whiting Petroleum's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $3,291 Mil. Whiting Petroleum's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2022 was $413 Mil. Whiting Petroleum's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was 12.56%.

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

WLL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -794.29   Med: 0.68   Max: 17.63
Current: 14.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Whiting Petroleum was 17.63%. The lowest was -794.29%. And the median was 0.68%.

WLL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.4 vs WLL: 14.97

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) %. Whiting Petroleum's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 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.


Whiting Petroleum Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Whiting Petroleum Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Whiting Petroleum Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -28.99 11.09 0.63 - 17.54

Whiting Petroleum Quarterly Data
Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22
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 -33.78 -2.38 6.17 17.54 12.56

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

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Whiting Petroleum'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.


Whiting Petroleum's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Whiting Petroleum's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Whiting Petroleum 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.

Whiting Petroleums Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=445.197/2537.034248
=17.55 %

Whiting Petroleum's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $413 Mil.



Whiting Petroleum  (NYSE:WLL) 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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Whiting Petroleum (Whiting Petroleum) Business Description

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Address
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4700, Denver, CO, USA, 80203-4547
Whiting Petroleum Corp is a US-based independent oil and gas company. It is engaged in the development, production, acquisition, and exploration activities primarily in the Rocky Mountains region of the United States. It explores the production of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas. The operations of the company are principally carried out in the United States. It derives revenue from the sales of oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas.
Executives
Janet Carrig director ONE SOUTH WACKER DRIVE SUITE 3200, CHICAGO IL 60606
Kevin S Mccarthy director C/O KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS, LP, 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SECOND FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
James P Henderson officer: Former EVP Finance & CFO 1625 BROADWAY, SUITE 250, DENVER CO 80202
Charles J. Rimer officer: Former EVP Operations & COO NOBLE ENERGY INC., 1001 NOBLE ENERGY WAY, HOUSTON TX 77070
Anne Taylor director 800 GESSNER, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Paul Korus director C/O CIIRMAREX ENERGY CO, 707 17TH ST. #3300, DENVER CO 80202-3404
Lynn A Peterson director, officer: Former President & CEO 1625 BROADWAY, SUITE 250, DENVER CO 80202
Rice Daniel J. Iv director 400 WOODCLIFF DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Susan M Cunningham director NOBLE ENERGY, INC., 1001 NOBLE ENERGY WAY, HOUSTON TX 77070
Michael Scott Regan officer: VP, Legal, GC and Secretary 1700 LINCOLN, SUITE 4700, DENVER CO 80203
Sirikka R Lohoefener officer: Vice President and Controller 1700 BROADWAY, SUITE 2300 DENVER CO 80290
Stockton Jo Ann F. officer: Vice President, Commercial 1700 LINCOLN STREET SUITE 4700 DENVER CO 80203
Philip Edward Doty director 5160 PRESERVE PARKWAY NORTH GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80121
Lyne B Andrich director
Michael G Hutchinson director 9540 SOUTH MAROON CIRCLE, SUITE 200, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112

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