What is American Campus Communities Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
American Campus Communities's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $11,901 Mil.
American Campus Communities's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2022 was $196 Mil. American Campus Communities's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was 1.51%.
The historical rank and industry rank for American Campus Communities's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
ACC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 2.79 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.
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) %. American Campus Communities's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was 5.73%. 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.
American Campus Communities Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for American Campus Communities's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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American Campus Communities Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of American Campus Communities's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the REIT - Residential subindustry, American Campus Communities'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.
American Campus Communities's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the REITs Industry
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, American Campus Communities's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where American Campus Communities's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
American Campus Communities 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.
American Campus Communitiess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as
American Campus Communities's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $196 Mil.
American Campus Communities (NYSE:ACC) 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.
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American Campus Communities (American Campus Communities) Business Description
American Campus Communities Inc or ACC, is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition, management, and development of student housing properties near universities and colleges throughout the United States. The company segments its activities into Owned properties, On-campus participating properties, Development services, and Property management services. The vast majority of ACC's real estate portfolio is made up of wholly-owned properties in terms of total units. The company also derives nearly all of its income in the form of rental revenue from leasing its wholly-owned real estate assets to students through short-term leases. ACC is one of the owners of student housing properties in the U.S. in terms of the total number of beds owned.
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