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SDCL EDGE Acquisition (SDCL EDGE Acquisition) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.22% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is SDCL EDGE Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

SDCL EDGE Acquisition's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $200.21 Mil. SDCL EDGE Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.43 Mil. SDCL EDGE Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -0.22%.

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

SEDA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.3   Med: 0   Max: 1.95
Current: 1.92

During the past 3 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of SDCL EDGE Acquisition was 1.95%. The lowest was -3.30%. And the median was 0.00%.

SEDA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
82.68% of 664 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: -1.685 vs SEDA: 1.92

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) %. SDCL EDGE Acquisition's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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.


SDCL EDGE Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for SDCL EDGE Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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SDCL EDGE Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

SDCL EDGE Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -1.86 1.98

SDCL EDGE Acquisition Quarterly Data
Feb21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -1.22 -1.33 -1.81 1.98 -0.22

Competitive Comparison of SDCL EDGE Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, SDCL EDGE Acquisition'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.


SDCL EDGE Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where SDCL EDGE Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



SDCL EDGE Acquisition 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.

SDCL EDGE Acquisitions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=3.869/195.828292
=1.98 %

SDCL EDGE Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.43 Mil.



SDCL EDGE Acquisition  (NYSE:SEDA) 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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SDCL EDGE Acquisition (SDCL EDGE Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
60 East 42nd Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY, USA, 10165
SDCL EDGE Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Karl E. Olsoni director C/O SDCL EDGE ACQUISITION CORP, PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Guy Hands 10 percent owner OLD BANK CHAMBERS, LA GRANDE RUE, ST MARTIN'S Y7 GY4 6RT
Seaside Holdings (nominee) Ltd 10 percent owner PO BOX 286, 2ND FLOOR, TRAFALGAR COURT, LES BANQUES, ST PETER PORT Y7 GY1 4LY
Sustainable Investors Fund, Lp 10 percent owner 250 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 300, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Sif Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 250 UNIVERSITY AVE, SUITE 300, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Steven J Gilbert director 540 MADISON AVE, 40TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
William V. Kriegel director 330 MADISON AVENUE, 25TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Sdcl Edge Sponsor Llc 10 percent owner PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Sdcl Edge Acquisition Corp 10 percent owner PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Machado Fernandes Ana Maria director PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Michael Naylor director PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Lolita Jackson director PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Edward Wilson Davis officer: CFO PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Jonathan Maxwell director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-Chief Executive Officer PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Michael Trattner Feldman officer: Co-CEO PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104