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The Simply Good Foods Co (The Simply Good Foods Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.83% (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is The Simply Good Foods Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

The Simply Good Foods Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $3,649 Mil. The Simply Good Foods Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $213 Mil. The Simply Good Foods Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 5.83%.

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

SMPL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.27   Med: 3.01   Max: 6.38
Current: 5.59

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The Simply Good Foods Co was 6.38%. The lowest was -0.27%. And the median was 3.01%.

SMPL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
54.32% of 1946 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 4.92 vs SMPL: 5.59

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) %. The Simply Good Foods Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 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.


The Simply Good Foods Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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The Simply Good Foods Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

The Simply Good Foods Co Annual Data
Trend Aug16 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.22 3.88 2.96 5.10 5.42

The Simply Good Foods Co Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 4.65 4.94 5.42 5.14 5.83

Competitive Comparison of The Simply Good Foods Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, The Simply Good Foods Co'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.


The Simply Good Foods Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, The Simply Good Foods Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Simply Good Foods Co 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.

The Simply Good Foods Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=205.76/3793.940984
=5.42 %

The Simply Good Foods Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $213 Mil.



The Simply Good Foods Co  (NAS:SMPL) 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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The Simply Good Foods Co (The Simply Good Foods Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1225, 17th Street, Suite 1000, Denver, CO, USA, 80202
The Simply Good Foods Co is a consumer packaged food and beverage company. It provides low-carbohydrate, high protein bars, shakes, and other products such as confections, chips, and cookies under the Atkins and Quest brands. The company distributes its products in retail channels, predominantly in North America, including grocery, club, and mass merchandise, as well as through e-commerce, convenience, and other channels.
Executives
Susan Hunsberger officer: SVP and Chief HR Officer 1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Heflin Stuart E. Jr. officer: SVP & General Manager, Quest 1225 17TH ST., SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Brian K. Ratzan director 3 GREENWICH OFFICE PARK, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06831
Timothy Richard Kraft officer: Gen. Counsel & Corp. Secretary THE SIMPLY GOOD FOODS COMPANY, 1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Ryan Thomas officer: SVP and GM Atkins marketing 1225 17TH ST., SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Jill M. Short officer: Chief Customer Officer 1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Geoff E Tanner director, officer: President and COO ONE STRAWBERRY LANE, ORRVILLE OH 44667
Timothy Allen Matthews officer: VP, Controller and CAO 1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Robert G. Montgomery director 3 GREENWICH OFFICE PARK, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06831
Jeremy Scott Ivie officer: Chief Product Tech Officer 1225 17TH ST., SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Linda Zink officer: Chief Marketing Officer Quest 1225 17TH ST., SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Joseph Scalzo director, officer: CEO and President 1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Conyers Park Sponsor Llc director, 10 percent owner 31 WEST 52ND STREET 22ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
C Scott Parker officer: Chief Marketing Officer 1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Joseph J Schena director C/O CONYERS PARK II ACQUISITION CORP., 1 GREENWICH OFFICE PARK, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06831