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Sovos Brands (Sovos Brands) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.56% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sovos Brands Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sovos Brands's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,502 Mil. Sovos Brands's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $89 Mil. Sovos Brands's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.56%.

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

SOVO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.22   Med: 0.9   Max: 3.48
Current: 3.42

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sovos Brands was 3.48%. The lowest was -2.22%. And the median was 0.90%.

SOVO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 4.91 vs SOVO: 3.42

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) %. Sovos Brands'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.


Sovos Brands Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sovos Brands's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Sovos Brands Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sovos Brands Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - 1.87 -2.07 3.56

Sovos Brands Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 -2.07 -1.42 0.95 0.90 3.56

Competitive Comparison of Sovos Brands's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Sovos Brands'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.


Sovos Brands's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Sovos Brands's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sovos Brands's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Sovos Brands 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.

Sovos Brandss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=89.065/2501.71265
=3.56 %

Sovos Brands'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 $89 Mil.



Sovos Brands  (NAS:SOVO) 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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Sovos Brands (Sovos Brands) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
168 Centennial Parkway, Suite 200, Louisville, CO, USA, 80027
Sovos Brands Inc is a food company in the United States. Its brands are Rao's, noosa, Birch Benders, and Michael Angelo's. Its Rao's products include our Rao's Homemade pasta sauces (including tomato-based sauces, Alfredo sauces, and Pesto sauces), pizza sauces, and dry pasta; Rao's Homestyle meat-based pasta sauces; and Rao's Made for Home frozen entrees and soups.
Executives
Todd R Lachman director, officer: President and CEO
Isobel A Jones officer: CLO, GC and Secretary C/O DIAMOND FOODS, INC., 600 MONTGOMERY STREET, 13TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Christopher W. Hall officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SOVOS BRANDS, INC., 168 CENTENNIAL PARKWAY, SUITE 200, LOUISVILLE CO 80027
Katie Gvazdinskas officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O SOVOS BRANDS, INC., 168 CENTENNIAL PARKWAY, SUITE 200, LOUISVILLE CO 80027
Kirk A. Jensen officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer C/O SOVOS BRANDS, INC., 168 CENTENNIAL PARKWAY, SUITE 200, LOUISVILLE CO 80027
Risa Cretella officer: Executive Vice President C/O SOVOS BRANDS, INC., 168 CENTENNIAL PARKWAY, SUITE 200, LOUISVILLE CO 80027
Lisa Y. O'driscoll officer: Chief Administrative Officer C/O SOVOS BRANDS, INC., 168 CENTENNIAL PARKWAY, SUITE 200, LOUISVILLE CO 80027
Yuri Hermida officer: Chief Growth Officer C/O SOVOS BRANDS, INC., 168 CENTENNIAL PARKWAY, SUITE 200, LOUISVILLE CO 80027
Advent International Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 800 BOYLSTON STREET SUITE 3300, BOSTON MA 02199
Advent International Corp/ma 10 percent owner 800 BOYLSTON STREET SUITE 3300, BOSTON MA 02199
Jefferson M Case director 800 BOYLSTON STREET SUITE 3300, BOSTON MA 02199
Neha Mathur director C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL, PRUDENTIAL TOWER, 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
Robert L Graves director C/O SOVOS BRANDS, INC., 168 CENTENNIAL PARKWAY, SUITE 200, LOUISVILLE CO 80027
Wendy K. Behr officer: Chief R&D Officer C/O SOVOS BRANDS, INC., 168 CENTENNIAL PARKWAY, SUITE 200, LOUISVILLE CO 80027
Priscilla Tuan officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O SOVOS BRANDS, INC., 168 CENTENNIAL PARKWAY, SUITE 200, LOUISVILLE CO 80027