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Foley Trasimene Acquisition (Foley Trasimene Acquisition) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is Foley Trasimene Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Foley Trasimene Acquisition's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $1,298.69 Mil. Foley Trasimene Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2021 was $-6.52 Mil. Foley Trasimene Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 0.00%.

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

WPF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: -1.63
* 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) %. Foley Trasimene Acquisition's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 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.


Foley Trasimene Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Foley Trasimene Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Foley Trasimene Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Foley Trasimene Acquisition'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.


Foley Trasimene Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Foley Trasimene Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Foley Trasimene Acquisition 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.

Foley Trasimene Acquisitions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0/0
= %

Foley Trasimene Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-6.52 Mil.



Foley Trasimene Acquisition  (NYSE:WPF) 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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Foley Trasimene Acquisition (Foley Trasimene Acquisition) Business Description

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Address
1701 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89134
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Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.

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