What is Vishay Precision Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Vishay Precision Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $432.1 Mil.
Vishay Precision Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $42.4 Mil. Vishay Precision Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.81%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Vishay Precision Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
VPG'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.55 Med: 6.11 Max: 13.23
Current: 10.11
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Vishay Precision Group was 13.23%. The lowest was -2.55%. And the median was 6.11%.
VPG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 80.61% of 2475
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.38
vs VPG: 10.11
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) %. Vishay Precision Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 14.03%. 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.
Vishay Precision Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Vishay Precision Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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Vishay Precision Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Vishay Precision 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.
Vishay Precision Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Vishay Precision Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Vishay Precision Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Vishay Precision 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.
Vishay Precision Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Vishay Precision 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 $42.4 Mil.
Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) 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.
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Vishay Precision Group (Vishay Precision Group) Business Description
Vishay Precision Group Inc manufactures and markets sensors, and sensor-based measurement systems, as well as specialty resistors and strain gages based on proprietary technology. The company provides precision products and solutions, many of which are designed-in by customers, specializing in the growing markets of stress, force, weight, pressure, and current measurements. The company reports in three product segments: Sensors segment, Weighing Solutions segment, and Measurement Systems segment. It has a business presence in the United States and other countries. It generates majority revenue from United States.
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