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Selective Insurance Group (Selective Insurance Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.23% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Selective Insurance Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Selective Insurance Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,736 Mil. Selective Insurance Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $487 Mil. Selective Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.23%.

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

SIGI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.58   Med: 7.31   Max: 13.08
Current: 7.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Selective Insurance Group was 13.08%. The lowest was 3.58%. And the median was 7.31%.

SIGI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
53.97% of 491 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.64 vs SIGI: 7.08

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) %. Selective Insurance Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 17.07%. 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.


Selective Insurance Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Selective Insurance Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Selective Insurance Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.36 7.01 9.48 5.11 7.23

Selective Insurance Group 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 5.11 5.47 5.80 6.30 7.23

Competitive Comparison of Selective Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Selective Insurance Group'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.


Selective Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Selective Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Selective Insurance Group 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.

Selective Insurance Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=487.211/6735.875072
=7.23 %

Selective Insurance Group'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 $487 Mil.



Selective Insurance Group  (NAS:SIGI) 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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Selective Insurance Group (Selective Insurance Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
40 Wantage Avenue, Branchville, NJ, USA, 07890
Selective Insurance Group Inc is a regional property-casualty insurer based in New Jersey, with its operations focused in the New York metropolitan area. Since 1977, Selective has focused its sales efforts on small businesses, offering commercial products that include workers' compensation, general liability, property, and auto insurance. Selective also has a small personal insurance segment (under 20% of total premiums), selling auto and homeowner's coverage.
Executives
John J. Marchioni officer: EVP, Chief Field Ops Officer 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE X1 07890
Jeffrey F. Kamrowski officer: EVP, MUSIC 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Joseph Eppers officer: EVP, Chief Investment Officer 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Anthony D. Harnett officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Cynthia S Nicholson director 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Wole C Coaxum director 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Brenda M Hall officer: EVP, CL Chief Op Officer 40 WANTAGE AVE., BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Vincent M Senia officer: EVP, Chief Actuary 40 WANTAGE AVE., BRANCHVILLE NJ 07461
John Burville director ACE LTD, ACE BLDG 30 WOODBOURNE AVE HAMILTON BER
Michael J. Morrissey director 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE X1 07890
J Brian Thebault director 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Gregory E Murphy director, officer: Chairman, Chief Executive Offi 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Michael H Lanza officer: Sr. VP and General Counsel 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Paul Kush officer: EVP, Chief Claims Officer 40 WANTAGE AVE., BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
William M Rue director 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890