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Zimmer Biomet Holdings (Zimmer Biomet Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.16% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Zimmer Biomet Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $30,526 Mil. Zimmer Biomet Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,269 Mil. Zimmer Biomet Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.16%.

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

ZBH' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.12   Med: 2.32   Max: 8.25
Current: 4.22

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Zimmer Biomet Holdings was 8.25%. The lowest was -0.12%. And the median was 2.32%.

ZBH's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
70.4% of 848 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 0.19 vs ZBH: 4.22

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) %. Zimmer Biomet Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.78%. 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.


Zimmer Biomet Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Zimmer Biomet Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.02 0.28 2.18 1.77 4.16

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.77 2.34 2.37 3.13 4.16

Competitive Comparison

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Zimmer Biomet Holdings'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.


Zimmer Biomet Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Zimmer Biomet Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Zimmer Biomet Holdings 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.

Zimmer Biomet Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1268.5/30526.02
=4.16 %

Zimmer Biomet Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,269 Mil.



Zimmer Biomet Holdings  (NYSE:ZBH) 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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Zimmer Biomet Holdings (Zimmer Biomet Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
345 East Main Street, Warsaw, IN, USA, 46580
Zimmer Biomet designs, manufactures, and markets orthopedic reconstructive implants, as well as supplies and surgical equipment for orthopedic surgery. With the acquisitions of Centerpulse in 2003 and Biomet in 2015, Zimmer holds the leading share of the reconstructive market in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Roughly two thirds of total revenue is derived from sales of large joints, another quarter comes from extremities, trauma, sports medicine, and related surgical products. The firm spun out its dental and spine businesses in 2022.
Executives
Syed A. Jafry director 345 E. MAIN STREET, WARSAW IN 46580
Sreelakshmi Kolli director C/O ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC., 2820 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 94131
Christopher B Begley director
Robert Hagemann director 3 GIRALDA FARMS, MADISON NJ 07940
Michael W Michelson director 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Betsy J Bernard director 711 HIGH STREET, DES MOINES IA 50392-0300
Arthur J Higgins director C/O ZIMMER, INC., P.O. BOX 708, WARSAW IN 46580
Chad F Phipps officer: Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Corp. Sec C/O ZIMMER, INC., P.O. BOX 708, WARSAW IN 46580
Zuilen Wilfred Van officer: Pres, Europe, M. East & Africa 345 E. MAIN STREET, WARSAW IN 46580
Paul A Stellato officer: VP, Controller & CAO C/O XYLEM INC, 1 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Sang Yi officer: President, Asia Pacific 345 E. MAIN STREET, WARSAW IN 46580
Lori Winkler officer: SVP and CHRO 345 E. MAIN STREET, WARSAW IN 46580
Rachel Ellingson officer: SVP & CSO 345 E MAIN STREET, WARSAW K7 46580
Bryan C Hanson director, officer: President and CEO ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, 345 E. MAIN STREET, WARSAW IN 46580
Aure Bruneau officer: Group President 345 E. MAIN STREET, WARSAW IN 46580