Learn CW Investment (Learn CW Investment) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -3.74% (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Learn CW Investment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Learn CW Investment's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $165.88 Mil. Learn CW Investment's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-6.20 Mil. Learn CW Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -3.74%.

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

LCW' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.71 Med: 0 Max: 0
Current: -3.69

LCW's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
64.15% of 661 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: -1.68 vs LCW: -3.69

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) %. Learn CW Investment'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.

Learn CW Investment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Learn CW Investment Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Learn CW Investment Annual Data

Trend

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

-0.62

-3.74

Learn CW Investment Quarterly Data
	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial							-0.62	-0.54	-0.50	-0.97	-3.74

Competitive Comparison of Learn CW Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Learn CW Investment'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.

Learn CW Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Learn CW Investment's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Learn CW Investment 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.

Learn CW Investments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)	=	EBIT	/	Enterprise Value
	=	-6.204	/	165.881256
	=	-3.74 %

Learn CW Investment'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 $-6.20 Mil.

Learn CW Investment (NYSE:LCW) 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

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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Address

11755 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2320, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90025

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Learn CW Investment Corp is a blank check company. It is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, consolidation, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

Executives

Howard W Lutnick	10 percent owner
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Robert J. Hutter	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer	20 E. 3RD AVENUE, SAN MATEO CA 94401
Peter Relan	director	11755 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Greg Mauro	officer: Chief Operating Officer	11755 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Anuranjita Tewary	director	11755 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Adam Fisher	director, 10 percent owner, officer: President	11755 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 2320, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
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