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Otelco (Otelco) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 12.29% (As of Dec. 2020)


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What is Otelco Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Otelco's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was $100.63 Mil. Otelco's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was $12.36 Mil. Otelco's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was 12.29%.

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

OTEL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.48
* 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) %. Otelco's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was 16.14%. 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.


Otelco Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Otelco Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Otelco Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.83 14.01 14.66 15.27 12.29

Otelco Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
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 15.27 18.66 14.16 12.87 12.29

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

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Otelco'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.


Otelco's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Otelco's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Otelco 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=12.362/100.6306745
=12.28 %

Otelco's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $12.36 Mil.



Otelco  (NAS:OTEL) 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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Otelco (Otelco) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
505 Third Avenue East, Oneonta, AL, USA, 35121
Otelco Inc is a US-based company, which provides a broad range of telecommunication services on a retail and wholesale basis. It offers communication services related to telephone, long distance, Internet, broadband services and television. The principal markets for these services are business and residential customers residing in and adjacent to the exchanges the company serves in Alabama, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Vermont, and West Virginia. In addition, it also offers cloud hosting and managed services for small and mid-sized companies who rely on mission-critical software applications. The company derives revenue through the source of local services, network access, internet, transport services, video and security and managed services.
Executives
Garner Curtis Lee Jr director, officer: Chief Financial Officer 505 3RD AVENUE EAST ONEONTA AL 35121
Jerry C Boles officer: SVP and Controller 91 HILLTOP ROAD ONEONTA AL 35121
Ira Sochet 10 percent owner 24 NORTH PINE CIRCLE, BELLEAIR FL 33756
Richard Allen Clark director, officer: President & CEO 505 3RD AVE. EAST ONEONTA AL 35121
Norman C Frost director IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. 115 S. SECOND AVE. W. NEWTON IA 50208
Howard James Haug director 681 PENN PLACE WINTER PARK FL 32789-2408
Barbara Dondiego director 1375 PEACHTREE STREET ATLANTA GA 30309
Judd Dayton director 878 S. DENTON TAP RD., SUITE 220, COPPELL TX 75019
Gary L Sugarman director C/O MACHTEN, INC., 1516 BARLOW STREET, SUITE D, TRAVERSE CITY MI 49686
Stephen Phillip Mccall director 199 WATER STREET, 20TH FLOOR C/O SEAPORT CAPITAL NEW YORK NY 10038
Robert J. Souza director, officer: President & CEO 12 COLONIAL DRIVE DURHAM ME 04222
Dennis Andrews officer: SVP - Regulatory & HR 40 CHERT ROAD ONEONTA AL 35121
Brian A Ross director 600 TELEPHONE AVE, MS#65, ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Ed Tisdale officer: SVP - Operations P.O. BOX 258 NEW GLOUCESTER ME 04260
E. Todd Wessing officer: VP and GM - Missouri 13869 NORTH HIGHWAY PILOT GROVE MO 65276