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Sun Country Airlines Holdings (Sun Country Airlines Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 10.14% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sun Country Airlines Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,349 Mil. Sun Country Airlines Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $137 Mil. Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.14%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

SNCY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.74   Med: 5.8   Max: 11.23
Current: 11.04

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sun Country Airlines Holdings was 11.23%. The lowest was 0.74%. And the median was 5.80%.

SNCY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
69.5% of 1000 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.98 vs SNCY: 11.04

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) %. Sun Country Airlines Holdings'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.


Sun Country Airlines Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Sun Country Airlines Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sun Country Airlines Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - 7.01 4.34 10.14

Sun Country Airlines Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar18 Dec18 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 4.34 6.17 7.70 10.08 10.14

Competitive Comparison of Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Airlines subindustry, Sun Country Airlines Holdings'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.


Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Sun Country Airlines Holdings 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.

Sun Country Airlines Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=136.793/1348.63843
=10.14 %

Sun Country Airlines Holdings'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 $137 Mil.



Sun Country Airlines Holdings  (NAS:SNCY) 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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Sun Country Airlines Holdings (Sun Country Airlines Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2005 Cargo Road, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55450
Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc operates low-cost air carriers. The business has two operating segments: Passenger and Cargo. The passenger segment has two internal passenger groups Scheduled service and Charter. The Cargo segment provides air cargo services. The majority of the revenue is from the passenger segment.
Executives
Sca Horus Holdings, Llc director, 10 percent owner C/O SCA HORUS HOLDINGS, LLC, 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Erin Rose Neale officer: General Counsel and Secretary 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Grant Whitney officer: Chief Revenue Officer & EVP 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Jude Bricker director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1201 NORTH TOWN CENTER DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89144
Gregory A. Mays officer: Chief Operating Officer & EVP 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
John Gyurci officer: Chief Acct. Off. & VP, Finance 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
David M Davis director, officer: President & CFO
William Trousdale officer: VP-Fin. Plan. & Anlys & Treas. 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Eric Levenhagen officer: Chief Admin. Off., GC & Sec. 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Brian Edward Davis officer: Chief Marketing Officer & SVP 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Jennifer L Vogel director C/O AAR CORP., 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Gail Peterson director 1 ECOLAB PLACE, SAINT PAUL MN 55102
Jeffrey Mader officer: Chief Information Off. & EVP 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Patrick J. O'keeffe director 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Marion C Blakey director C/O ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188