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Fiesta Restaurant Group (Fiesta Restaurant Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.48% (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Fiesta Restaurant Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Fiesta Restaurant Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $332.2 Mil. Fiesta Restaurant Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 was $-4.9 Mil. Fiesta Restaurant Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was -1.48%.

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

FRGI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -12.39   Med: 1.67   Max: 10.23
Current: -1.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Fiesta Restaurant Group was 10.23%. The lowest was -12.39%. And the median was 1.67%.

FRGI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Restaurants industry.
Industry Median: 3.51 vs FRGI: -1.40

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) %. Fiesta Restaurant Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 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.


Fiesta Restaurant Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Fiesta Restaurant Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Fiesta Restaurant Group 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 1.83 1.70 -2.05 -1.61 -4.48

Fiesta Restaurant Group 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 -5.04 -5.30 -4.48 -3.73 -1.48

Competitive Comparison of Fiesta Restaurant Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Restaurants subindustry, Fiesta Restaurant 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.


Fiesta Restaurant Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Fiesta Restaurant Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fiesta Restaurant 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-14.357/320.114305
=-4.48 %

Fiesta Restaurant Group'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 $-4.9 Mil.



Fiesta Restaurant Group  (NAS:FRGI) 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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Fiesta Restaurant Group (Fiesta Restaurant Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
14800 Landmark Boulevard, Suite 500, Dallas, TX, USA, 75254
Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc owns two fast-casual restaurant brands: Pollo Tropical, which offers Caribbean-inspired food; and Taco Cabana, which offers Mexican food. Collectively, the company owns and operates more than 300 restaurants in the southern United States. Roughly three-quarters of all Pollo Tropical restaurants are located in Florida. Taco Cabana restaurants are located almost exclusively in Texas. The company also franchises restaurants in Central and South America, which account for a very small portion of total company revenue.
Executives
Nirmal K Tripathy director THE TJX COMPANIES, INC., 770 COCHITUATE ROAD, FRAMINGHAM MA 01701
Tyler Yoesting officer: Vice President and Acting CFO C/O FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., 14800 LANDMARK BLVD., SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Ulyses Camacho officer: See Remarks C/O FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., 14800 LANDMARK BLVD., SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Eladio Romeo officer: See Remarks C/O FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., 14800 LANDMARK BLVD., SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Patricia Lopez-calleja officer: SVP, Guest Engagement C/O FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., 14800 LANDMARK BLVD., SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Andrew Rechtschaffen director C/O OBREM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 733 THIRD AVENUE, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Cheri Kinder officer: VP, Corporate Controller 14800 LANDMARK BOULEVARD, SUITE 500, ADDISON TX 75254
Louis Dipietro officer: SVP, GC and Secretary 35 PARK STREET, NORFOLK MA 02056
Anthony Dinkins officer: SVP of Human Resources 14800 LANDMARK BLVD., SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Hope Diaz officer: See Remarks C/O FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., 14800 LANDMARK BLVD., SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Dirk A Montgomery officer: SVP, CFO and Treasurer C/O HEALTH INSURANCE INNOVATIONS, INC., 15438 N. FLORIDA AVE., SUITE 201, TAMPA FL 33613
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 10 percent owner 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Richard C. Stockinger officer: CEO and President C/O BENIHANA INC., 8685 N.W. 53RD TERRACE, MIAMI FL 33166
Sherrill Kaplan director C/O FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., 14800 LANDMARK BOULEVARD, SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Joseph Brink officer: VP, Chief Procurement Officer 14800 LANDMARK BLVD., SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254