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SCOO (School Specialty) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -18.69% (As of Dec. 2019)


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What is School Specialty Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

School Specialty's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was $160.9 Mil. School Specialty's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2019 was $-30.1 Mil. School Specialty's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was -18.69%.

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

SCOO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 4.635
* 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) %. School Specialty's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five 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.


School Specialty Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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School Specialty Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

School Specialty Annual Data
Trend Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -4.97 16.00 9.08 -10.06 -18.69

School Specialty Quarterly Data
Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19
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 -10.06 -8.10 -9.34 -16.84 -18.69

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

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, School Specialty'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.


School Specialty's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

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


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School Specialty 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.

School Specialtys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-30.07/160.89125
=-18.69 %

School Specialty's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-30.1 Mil.



School Specialty  (OTCPK:SCOO) 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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School Specialty Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
W6316 Design Drive, Greenville, WI, USA, 54942
School Specialty Inc is a distributor of supplies, furniture, technology products, supplemental learning products, and curriculum solutions, primarily to the education marketplace. Its operating business segments are Distribution and Curriculum. The company generates maximum revenue from the Distribution Segment. Its Distribution segment offers products primarily to the PreK-12 education market that include basic classroom supplies and office products, instructional materials, indoor and outdoor furniture and equipment, physical education equipment, classroom technology, and planning and organizational products.
Executives
Tcw Group Inc 10 percent owner 865 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET, SUITE 1800, LOS ANGELES CA 90017
Cerberus Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 875 THIRD AVENUE, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Eric Yanagi director, 10 percent owner 400 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SUITE 526, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Mill Road Capital Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE., SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Mill Road Capital Ii Gp Llc 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE., SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Thomas E Lynch 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Justin Jacobs director, 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Andrew Eliot Schultz director W6316 DESIGN DRIVE, GREENVILLE WI 54942
Gus D Halas director 38 PHEASANT RUN PLACE, DANVILLE CA 94506
Justin Lu director 235 MONTGOMERY STREET SUITE 440 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Kevin L Baehler officer: Exec. VP and CFO PO BOX 1579 APPLETON WI 54912
Ryan Bohr officer: Exec. VP and COO W6316 DESIGN DRIVE GREENVILLE WI 54942
Todd Shaw officer: EVP, Ch. Supply Chain Officer W6316 DESIGN DRIVE GREENVILLE WI 54942
Scott Scharfman director, 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Michael Buenzow officer: INTERIM CEO C/O BUSH INDUSTRIAL INC ONE MASON DR JAMESTOWN NY 14702-0480