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Summer Energy Holdings (Summer Energy Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 26.95% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Summer Energy Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Summer Energy Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $32.6 Mil. Summer Energy Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.8 Mil. Summer Energy Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 26.95%.

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

SUME' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -525435.48   Med: -4.89   Max: 161.45
Current: 24.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Summer Energy Holdings was 161.45%. The lowest was -525435.48%. And the median was -4.89%.

SUME's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
90.84% of 524 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 6.55 vs SUME: 24.39

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) %. Summer Energy 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.


Summer Energy Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Summer Energy Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Summer Energy Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -13.07 -12.27 169.49 -19.76 26.95

Summer Energy Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 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 -19.76 52.08 27.70 17.99 26.95

Competitive Comparison of Summer Energy Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Summer Energy 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.


Summer Energy Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Summer Energy Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Summer Energy 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=8.775/32.58227
=26.93 %

Summer Energy 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 $8.8 Mil.



Summer Energy Holdings  (OTCPK:SUME) 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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Summer Energy Holdings (Summer Energy Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5847 San Felipe Street, Suite 3700, Houston, TX, USA, 77057
Summer Energy Holdings Inc operates as a retail electricity provider. It sells electricity and provides related billing, customer service, collections, and remittance services to residential and commercial customers. The company derives revenue from the sale of electricity to residential and small commercial customers.
Executives
Jaleea Pyle George director, officer: CFO, Secretary 5847 SAN FELIPE STREET, #3700, HOUSTON TX 77057
James P Stapleton director
Andrew Bursten director 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057
Jeffery Mace Meeks director 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057
Tom Davis Oleary director, 10 percent owner 5847 SAN FELIPE STREET, #3700, HOUSTON TX 77057
Stuart Charles Gaylor director 7807 MAIN STREET, HOUSTON TX 77030
Neil Leibman director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, President 5847 SAN FELIPE STREET, #3700, HOUSTON TX 77057
Kelli Jean Mitchell officer: Chief Operating Officer 5847 SAN FELIPE STREET, SUITE 3700, HOUSTON TX 77057
Albert Jr Larose director 24918 PALMER COVE DRIVE, SPRING TX 77389
Angela Hanley officer: Sr VP of Operations & Mktg 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057
Maa Holdings, Ltd. 10 percent owner 515 W. FRIAR TUCK LANE, HOUSTON TX 77024
Michael D Vanderhoof director PO BOX 715, OAKLEY UT 84055
Tom M. Davis Family Lands Trust 10 percent owner 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057
Meryl Lee Roberts 10 percent owner 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057
Andrew J. Priest director 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057

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