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Yellow (Yellow) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.02% (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Yellow Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Yellow's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $1,533 Mil. Yellow's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 was $108 Mil. Yellow's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 7.02%.

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

YELLQ' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24   Med: 6.44   Max: 17.81
Current: 5.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Yellow was 17.81%. The lowest was 0.24%. And the median was 6.44%.

YELLQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
61.94% of 1001 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.95 vs YELLQ: 5.24

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) %. Yellow's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was -304.12%. 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.


Yellow Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Yellow Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Yellow Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.25 0.24 4.85 2.15 11.99

Yellow Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
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 9.51 9.05 11.99 10.82 7.02

Competitive Comparison of Yellow's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Trucking subindustry, Yellow'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.


Yellow's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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



Yellow 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.

Yellows Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=189.4/1580.117506
=11.99 %

Yellow's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $108 Mil.



Yellow  (OTCPK:YELLQ) 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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Yellow (Yellow) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
501 Commerce Street, Suite 1120, Nashville, TN, USA, 37203
Yellow Corp is engaged in offering transportation services. It has a comprehensive less-than-truckload (LTL) networks in North America with local, regional, national, and international capabilities. The company offers expertise in LTL shipments and flexible supply chain solutions, ensuring customers ship industrial, commercial and retail goods. Its revenue is primarily derived from transporting LTL shipments in the United States and it also offers other services such as truckload services, customer-specific logistics solutions, and other services.
Executives
Mary Nell Browning director 2200 WILLOWICK ROAD, APT. 15C, HOUSTON TX 77027
Thomas A. Knott director 103 GRACE HILL ROAD, NEWBURY NH 03255
Daniel L. Olivier officer: Interim CFO 10990 ROE AVENUE, OVERLAND PARK KS 66211
Mfn Partners, Lp 10 percent owner 222 BERKELEY STREET, 13TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Farhad Nanji 10 percent owner C/O HIGHFIELDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP, 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Mfn Partners Management, Lp 10 percent owner 222 BERKELEY STREET, 13TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael Demichele 10 percent owner 222 BERKELEY STREET, 13TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Mfn Partners Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 222 BERKELEY STREET, 13TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Mfn Partners Management, Llc 10 percent owner 222 BERKELEY STREET, 13TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
David H. Webber director 11500 OUTLOOK STREET, SUITE 400, OVERLAND PARK KS 66224
James E. Hoffman director 325 INNES WAY, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52403
Annlea Rumfola officer: Chief Information Officer 501 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 1120, NASHVILLE TN 37203
Shaunna D. Jones director 10990 ROE AVENUE, OVERLAND PARK KS 66211
James R. Faught officer: Chief Accounting Officer 10990 ROE AVENUE, OVERLAND PARK KS 66211
Javier L. Evans director 400 RELLA BOULEVARD, MONTEBELLO NY 10901