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Willdan Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $384.9 Mil. Willdan Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $24.0 Mil. Willdan Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.24%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Willdan Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Willdan Group was 31.20%. The lowest was -167.79%. And the median was 4.45%.
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) %. Willdan Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.82%. 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.
The historical data trend for Willdan Group'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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Trend | Dec14 | Dec15 | Dec16 | Dec17 | Dec18 | Dec19 | Dec20 | Dec21 | Dec22 | Dec23 | |||||||||||
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 1.86 | -2.38 | -1.53 | -1.74 | 6.24 |
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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 | -1.74 | 1.11 | 3.08 | 4.18 | 6.24 |
For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Willdan 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.
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Willdan Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Willdan Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Willdan Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) | = | EBIT | / | Enterprise Value |
= | 24.004 | / | 384.862 | |
= | 6.24 % |
Willdan 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 $24.0 Mil.
Willdan Group (NAS:WLDN) 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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Creighton K Early | officer: Vice President and CFO | C/O WILLDAN GROUP INC., 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806 |
Michael A Bieber | officer: SVP, Corporate Development | 3475 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, PASADENA CA 91107 |
Thomas Donald Brisbin | director, officer: President and CEO | 2401 E. KATELLA AVENUE, #300, ANAHEIM CA 92806 |
Micah Chen | officer: General Counsel | 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806 |
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Robert Symmes Macarthur | 10 percent owner | C/O FORAGER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 2024 3RD AVE. N, SUITE 201, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203 |
Edward Urban Kissel | 10 percent owner | C/O FORAGER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 2024 3RD AVE. N, SUITE 201, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203 |
Mohammad Shahidehpour | director | 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806 |
Keith W Renken | director | PACIFIC GULF PROPERTIES INC, 4220 VON KARMAN SECOND FLOOR, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660-2002 |
Dennis V Mcginn | director | 46415 MILLSTONE LANDING ROAD, LEXINGTON PARK MD 20653 |
Paul Milton Whitelaw | officer: SVP, Business Development | 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806 |
Wanda Kay Reder | director | C/O WILLDAN GROUP, 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806 |
Adam C Procell | officer: EVP, Chief Strategy Officer | C/O WILLDAN, 12401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806 |
Cynthia Downes | director | C/O WILLDAN GROUP, INC., 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806 |
Stacy B. Mclaughlin | officer: Chief Financial Officer | 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806 |
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