What is Solitron Devices Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Solitron Devices's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $30.59 Mil.
Solitron Devices's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 was $0.48 Mil. Solitron Devices's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 1.57%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Solitron Devices's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
SODI'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1731.23 Med: 1.44 Max: 585.93
Current: 1.21
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Solitron Devices was 585.93%. The lowest was -1731.23%. And the median was 1.44%.
SODI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than 57.77% of 997
companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 2.04
vs SODI: 1.21
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) %. Solitron Devices's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 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.
Solitron Devices Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Solitron Devices'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.
Competitive Comparison of Solitron Devices's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Solitron Devices'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.
Solitron Devices's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Solitron Devices's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Solitron Devices's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Solitron Devicess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as
Solitron Devices's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.48 Mil.
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.
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Solitron Devices (Solitron Devices) Business Description
Solitron Devices Inc designs, develop, manufactures, and markets solid-state semiconductor components and related devices mainly for the military and aerospace markets. It manufactures a large variety of bipolar and metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) power transistors, power and control hybrids, junction and power MOS field-effect transistors (Power MOSFETS), field effect transistors, and other related products. It derives the majority of its revenues from its business operations in the United States, while it also holds a presence in Canada, Latin America, the Far East, and the Middle East.
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