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SL Green Realty (SL Green Realty) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -5.91% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SL Green Realty Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

SL Green Realty's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,812.3 Mil. SL Green Realty's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-500.5 Mil. SL Green Realty's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -5.91%.

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

SLG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.07   Med: 3.04   Max: 7.97
Current: -6.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of SL Green Realty was 7.97%. The lowest was -6.07%. And the median was 3.04%.

SLG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
92.63% of 895 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.79 vs SLG: -6.07

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) %. SL Green Realty'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.


SL Green Realty Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for SL Green Realty's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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SL Green Realty Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

SL Green Realty Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.47 5.33 5.42 0.13 -5.91

SL Green Realty Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.17 -4.57 -4.91 -5.91 -

Competitive Comparison of SL Green Realty's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the REIT - Office subindustry, SL Green Realty'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.


SL Green Realty's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, SL Green Realty's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SL Green Realty's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



SL Green Realty 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.

SL Green Realtys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-462.031/7812.332454
=-5.91 %

SL Green Realty'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 $-500.5 Mil.



SL Green Realty  (NYSE:SLG) 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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SL Green Realty (SL Green Realty) Business Description

Industry
Address
One Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10017
SL Green Realty is one of the largest Manhattan property owners and landlords, with interest in around 35 million square feet of wholly owned and joint-venture office space. The company has additional property exposure through its limited portfolio of well-located retail space. It operates as a real estate investment trust.
Executives
Andrew W Mathias director, officer: President
Burton Edwin T Iii director C/O SL GREEN REALTY CORP, 420 LEXINGTON SUITE 1900, NEW YORK NY 10170
Betsy S Atkins director
Craig M Hatkoff director ONE WEST 72ND STREET, NEWYORK NY 10023
Carol N Brown director SL GREEN REALTY CORP., ONE VANDERBILT AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Matthew J. Diliberto officer: Chief Financial Officer SL GREEN REALTY CORP., 420 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10179
Andrew S Levine officer: Chief Legal Officer & GC C/O SL GREEN REALTY CORP, 420 LEXINGTON SUITE 1900, NEW YORK NY 10170
Alschuler John H Jr director C/O SL GREEN REALTY CORP, 420 LEXINGTON SUITE 1900, NEW YORK NY 10170
Stephen L Green officer: Chairman of the Board C/O SL GREEN REALITY CORP, 420 LEXINGTON AVE SUITE 1900, NEW YORK NY 10170
Marc Holliday director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SL GREEN REALTY CORP, 420 LEXINGTON SUITE 1900, NEW YORK NY 10170
John S Levy director C/O SL GREEN REALTY CORP, 420 LEXINGTON SUITE 1900, NEW YORK NY 10170
Lauren B. Dillard director SL GREEN REALTY CORP., 420 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10170
James E Mead officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O STRATEGIC HOTEL CAPITAL, INC., 77 WEST WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 4600, CHICAGO IL 60601
Gregory F Hughes officer: Chief Financial Officer
Gerry Nocera officer: Executive Vice President C/O SL GREEN REALTY CORP, 420 LEXINGTON SUITE 1900, NEW YORK NY 10170