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Valmont Industries (Valmont Industries) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.01% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Valmont Industries's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,853 Mil. Valmont Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $293 Mil. Valmont Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.01%.

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

VMI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.85   Med: 6.53   Max: 13.71
Current: 5.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Valmont Industries was 13.71%. The lowest was 3.85%. And the median was 6.53%.

VMI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
55.91% of 533 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 6.81 vs VMI: 5.45

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) %. Valmont Industries's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 17.16%. 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.


Valmont Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Valmont Industries'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.

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Valmont Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.33 5.59 4.81 5.16 5.01

Valmont Industries 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) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.16 5.50 6.22 5.13 5.01

Competitive Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Valmont Industries'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.


Valmont Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Valmont Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Valmont Industries 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.

Valmont Industriess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=293.26/5853.259888
=5.01 %

Valmont Industries'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 $293 Mil.



Valmont Industries  (NYSE:VMI) 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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Valmont Industries (Valmont Industries) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
15000 Valmont Plaza, Omaha, NE, USA, 68154-5215
Valmont began in 1946 when founder, Robert B. Daugherty, combined his $5,000 savings with a wholehearted belief that business could and should be done better. From those modest beginnings, the company grew into a global leader, designing and manufacturing highly engineered products and services that support infrastructure development and agricultural productivity. Two primary business segments comprise Valmont: Agriculture and Infrastructure. Valmont have 85 manufacturing facilities in 22 countries, and do business in more than 100 countries across six continents.
Executives
Aaron M Schapper officer: EVP Infrastructure VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC, 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68154
Theodor Werner Freye director VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC, 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68154
John Timothy Donahue officer: EVP, Corp/Business Development VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC, 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68135
Stephen G Kaniewski officer: President & COO 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68154
Daas Kaj Den director EIFELLAAN #3, 5691 GW, SON EN BREUGEL P7 00000
Gene Padgett officer: CAO VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC., 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68154
Timothy Francis officer: VP Corporate Controller VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC., 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68154-5215
Thomas Mitchell Parnell officer: SVP, Human Resources VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC., 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68154
Renee L Campbell officer: SVP, Investor Relations, Treas VALMONT INDUSTRIES, 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68154
R Andrew Massey officer: VP, Legal and Compliance VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC, 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68154
James B. Milliken director ONE VALMONT PLAZA, 13815 FIRST NATIONAL BANK PARKWAY, OMAHA NE 68135
Mogens C Bay director, officer: Chairman and CEO 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68154
Randt Clark T. Jr. director ONE VALMONT PLAZA, 13815 FIRST NATIONAL BANK PARKWAY, OMAHA NE 68154
Joan Robinson-berry director VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC, 15000 VALMONT PLAZA, OMAHA NE 68175
Ritu Favre director 12367 CROSTHWAITE CIRCLE, POWAY CA 92064

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