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Advantage Solutions (Advantage Solutions) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.59% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Advantage Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Advantage Solutions's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,956 Mil. Advantage Solutions's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $76 Mil. Advantage Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.59%.

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

ADV' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -62.03   Med: 1.95   Max: 7.75
Current: 2.34

During the past 8 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Advantage Solutions was 7.75%. The lowest was -62.03%. And the median was 1.95%.

ADV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
51.85% of 1053 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.84 vs ADV: 2.34

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) %. Advantage Solutions's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. 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.


Advantage Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Advantage Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Advantage Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 0.87 5.00 -51.28 2.59

Advantage Solutions Quarterly Data
Dec16 Mar17 Dec18 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 -51.28 -58.48 -54.95 -54.05 2.59

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

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Advantage Solutions'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.


Advantage Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Advantage Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Advantage Solutions 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=76.476/2955.7357
=2.59 %

Advantage Solutions'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 $76 Mil.



Advantage Solutions  (NAS:ADV) 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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Advantage Solutions (Advantage Solutions) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
15310 Barranca Parkway, Suite 100, Irvine, CA, USA, 92618
Advantage Solutions Inc is the provider of outsourced sales and marketing solutions to consumer goods companies and retailers. It has a technology-enabled platform of sales and marketing services like headquarter sales, retail merchandising, in-store sampling, digital commerce, and shopper marketing. For brands and retailers of all sizes, the firm helps to get the right products on the shelf and into the hands of consumers. The company helps its clients to sell more while spending less. Advantage has offices throughout North America and strategic investments in select markets throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe through which it services the global needs of multinational, regional, and local manufacturers. Its services are provided across two segments sales and marketing.
Executives
James M Kilts director 120 PARK AVE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Brian K. Ratzan director 3 GREENWICH OFFICE PARK, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06831
Christopher Growe officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC., 15310 BARRANCA PARKWAY, SUITE 100, IRVINE CA 92618
David A Peacock director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 190 CARONDELET PLAZA, CLAYTON MO 63105
Adam Levyn director 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Jody L Macedonio director 2711 N HASKELL AVENUE, STE 3400, DALLAS TX 75204
Christopher J Baldwin director THE HERSHEY COMPANY, 100 CRYSTAL A DRIVE, HERSHEY PA 17033
Deborah Poole director ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC., 1530 BARRANCA PARKWAY, SUITE 100, IRVINE CA 92618
Adam Nebesar director 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Tanya L Domier director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O NORDSTROM, INC., 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Jill L Griffin officer: President & CCO C/O ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC., 18100 VON KARMAN AVENUE, SUITE 1000, IRVINE CA 92612
Dean Kaye officer: CFO - North America ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC., 18100 VON KARMAN AVENUE, SUITE 1000, IRVINE CA 92612
Brian Stevens officer: CFO & COO C/O ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC., 18100 VON KARMAN AVENUE, SUITE 1000, IRVINE CA 92612
David J West director 100 CRYSTAL A DRIVE, HERSHEY PA 17033
Robin Manherz director ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC., 1530 BARRANCA PARKWAY, SUITE 100, IRVINE CA 92618