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HF Foods Group (HF Foods Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.89% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is HF Foods Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

HF Foods Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $468 Mil. HF Foods Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $9 Mil. HF Foods Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.89%.

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

HFFG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -72.6   Med: 2.15   Max: 7.89
Current: 2.61

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of HF Foods Group was 7.89%. The lowest was -72.60%. And the median was 2.15%.

HFFG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
73.9% of 318 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 6.18 vs HFFG: 2.61

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) %. HF Foods Group'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.


HF Foods Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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HF Foods Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

HF Foods Group Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.88 -65.36 4.95 1.76 1.89

HF Foods Group Quarterly Data
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 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 1.76 -0.80 -2.06 -0.48 1.89

Competitive Comparison of HF Foods Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Food Distribution subindustry, HF Foods 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.


HF Foods Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, HF Foods Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



HF Foods 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.

HF Foods Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=8.857/467.92004
=1.89 %

HF Foods 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 $9 Mil.



HF Foods Group  (NAS:HFFG) 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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HF Foods Group (HF Foods Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
6325 South Rainbow Boulevard, Suite 420, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89118
HF Foods Group Inc is an Asian food service distributor that markets and distributes fresh produce, seafood, frozen and dry food, and non-food products to Asian restaurants and other food service customers throughout the United States. The Company's business consists of one operating segment; HF Group, which operates solely in the United States. The Company's customer base consists of Chinese and Asian restaurants, and it provides sales and service support to customers who mainly converse in Mandarin or Chinese dialects.
Executives
Xiao Mou Zhang director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 6001 W. MARKET STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27409
Prudence H Chiang director 6325 S RAINBOW BLVD STE 420, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Valerie Chase director SOUTH 6325 RAINBOW BOULEVARD, SUITE 420, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Xi Lin officer: Chief Operating Officer 6001 W. MARKET STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27409
Russell T. Libby director SYSCO CORPORATION, 1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77077
Christine Chang officer: See Remarks 19319 ARENTH AVENUE, CITY OF INDUSTRY CA 91748
Hong Wang director 5811 WILDROSE DRIVE, GREENSBORO NC 27410
Carlos Antonio Rodriguez officer: Chief Financial Officer 6325 SOUTH RAINBOW BOULEVARD, SUITE 420, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Jose Maroto director 6325 SOUTH RAINBOW BOULEVARD, SUITE 420, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Kong Hian Lee officer: Chief Financial Officer 19319 ARENTH AVENUE, CITY OF INDUSTRY CA 91748
Spot Light Investments, Llc 10 percent owner 6001 W. MARKET STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27409
Ren Hua Zheng director 2 DANDY DRIVE, COS COB CT 06807
Caixuan Xu officer: Chief Financial Officer 6001 W. MARKET ST, GREENSBORO NC 27409
Zhehui Ni director ROOM 1704, BUILDING #16, NO. 58 AOMEN ROAD, SHANGHAI F4 200061
Irrevocable Trust For Raymond Ni 10 percent owner 6001 WEST MARKET STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27409

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