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Performance Food Group Co (Performance Food Group Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.25% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Performance Food Group Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Performance Food Group Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $15,664 Mil. Performance Food Group Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $822 Mil. Performance Food Group Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.25%.

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

PFGC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.79   Med: 4.88   Max: 6.84
Current: 5.2

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Performance Food Group Co was 6.84%. The lowest was -1.79%. And the median was 4.88%.

PFGC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
57.37% of 319 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 6.25 vs PFGC: 5.20

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) %. Performance Food Group Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 23.02%. 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.


Performance Food Group Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Performance Food Group Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Performance Food Group Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Performance Food Group Co Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.17 -1.64 2.20 2.91 5.43

Performance Food Group Co 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) % 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 4.16 4.73 5.43 5.64 5.25

Competitive Comparison of Performance Food Group Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Performance Food Group Co'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.


Performance Food Group Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Performance Food Group Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Performance Food Group Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Performance Food Group Co 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.

Performance Food Group Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=762/14038.78
=5.43 %

Performance Food Group Co'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 $822 Mil.



Performance Food Group Co  (NYSE:PFGC) 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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Performance Food Group Co (Performance Food Group Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
12500 West Creek Parkway, Richmond, VA, USA, 23238
Performance Food Group Co is the third-largest U.S. food-service distributor behind Sysco and us Foods, with 9% market share. PFG's food-service business (52% of 2022 sales) provides customized food products and services (such as product selection and procurement) to independent and chain restaurants, and institutional customers. Acquisitions of Eby-Brown (2019) and Core-Mark (2021) enabled PFG to tap into the convenience store segment (41% of sales), offering convenience products, marketing programs, and technology solutions to convenience stores, drug stores, and other such channels. The firm's Vistar business (7% of sales) is a national distributor of candy, snacks, and beverages to vending and office coffee service distributors, theaters, and hospitality providers.
Executives
David V Singer director 13024 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PL, SUITE 900, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Patrick T. Hagerty officer: See Remarks C/O PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY, 12500 WEST CREEK PARKWAY, RICHMOND VA 23238
George L Holm director, officer: See Remarks 3000 69TH STREET EAST, PALMETTO FL 34221
Donald S. Bulmer officer: See Remarks 12500 WEST CREEK PARKWAY, RICHMOND VA 23238
Craig Howard Hoskins officer: See Remarks C/O PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY, 12500 WEST CREEK PARKWAY, RICHMOND VA 23238
Hugh Patrick Hatcher officer: See Remarks 12500 WEST CREEK PARKWAY, RICHMOND VA 23238
Christine R Vlahcevic officer: See Remarks 1021 EAST CARY STREET, PO BOX 2350, RICHMOND VA 23218-2350
Kimberly Grant director 150 WEST CHURCH AVENUE, MARYVILLE TN 37801
Scott E Mcpherson officer: See Remarks 395 OYSTER POINT BLVD, SUITE 415, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Matthew C Flanigan director LEGGETT & PLATT INC, NO 1 LEGGETT ROAD, CARTHAGE MO 64836
Laura Jean Flanagan director 395 OYSTER POINT BLVD, SUITE 415, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
James D Hope officer: See Remarks 1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77077
Warren M Thompson director 4951 LAKE BROOK DRIVE, SUITE 500, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Barbara Beck director 5301 N IRONWOOD RD, MILWAUKEE WI 53217
Erika T Davis officer: See Remarks