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Alimentation Couche-Tard (Alimentation Couche-Tard) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.11% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Alimentation Couche-Tard Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Alimentation Couche-Tard's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $69,813 Mil. Alimentation Couche-Tard's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $4,235 Mil. Alimentation Couche-Tard's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 6.11%.

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

ANCTF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.14   Med: 6.07   Max: 10
Current: 6.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Alimentation Couche-Tard was 10.00%. The lowest was 4.14%. And the median was 6.07%.

ANCTF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
57.23% of 1120 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 4.855 vs ANCTF: 6.31

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) %. Alimentation Couche-Tard's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 17.79%. 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.


Alimentation Couche-Tard Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alimentation Couche-Tard's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Alimentation Couche-Tard Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Alimentation Couche-Tard Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.28 8.47 8.65 6.88 7.41

Alimentation Couche-Tard Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 7.54 7.41 7.58 6.92 6.11

Competitive Comparison of Alimentation Couche-Tard's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Alimentation Couche-Tard'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.


Alimentation Couche-Tard's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alimentation Couche-Tard's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alimentation Couche-Tard's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Alimentation Couche-Tard 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.

Alimentation Couche-Tards Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=4282/57542.822
=7.44 %

Alimentation Couche-Tard's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4,235 Mil.



Alimentation Couche-Tard  (OTCPK:ANCTF) 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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Alimentation Couche-Tard (Alimentation Couche-Tard) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4204 Boulevard Industriel, Laval, QC, CAN, H7L 0E3
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc operates a network of convenience stores across North America, Ireland, Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltics, and Russia. The company primarily generates income through the sale of tobacco products, groceries, beverages, fresh food, quick service restaurants, car wash services, other retail products and services, road transportation fuel, stationary energy, marine fuel, and chemicals. In addition, the company operates more stores under the Circle K banner in other countries such as China, Egypt, and Malaysia. Its operation is geographically divided into U.S., Europe, and Canada. Revenue from external customers fall mainly into three categories: merchandise and services, road transportation fuel, and other.