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U.S. Xpress Enterprises (U.S. Xpress Enterprises) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -5.25% (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is U.S. Xpress Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

U.S. Xpress Enterprises's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $1,165 Mil. U.S. Xpress Enterprises's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 was $-61 Mil. U.S. Xpress Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was -5.25%.

The historical rank and industry rank for U.S. Xpress Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

USX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.26   Med: 3.38   Max: 9.82
Current: -5.18

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of U.S. Xpress Enterprises was 9.82%. The lowest was -5.26%. And the median was 3.38%.

USX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 6.98 vs USX: -5.18

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) %. U.S. Xpress Enterprises's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was -90.38%. 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.


U.S. Xpress Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for U.S. Xpress Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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U.S. Xpress Enterprises Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.98 2.08 4.23 2.65 -4.19

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Quarterly Data
Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
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 1.15 -1.67 -3.45 -4.19 -5.25

Competitive Comparison of U.S. Xpress Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Trucking subindustry, U.S. Xpress Enterprises'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.


U.S. Xpress Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, U.S. Xpress Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where U.S. Xpress Enterprises's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



U.S. Xpress Enterprises 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.

U.S. Xpress Enterprisess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-38.291/913.704515
=-4.19 %

U.S. Xpress Enterprises's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-61 Mil.



U.S. Xpress Enterprises  (NYSE:USX) 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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U.S. Xpress Enterprises (U.S. Xpress Enterprises) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
4080 Jenkins Road, Chattanooga, TN, USA, 37421
U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc provides transportation services throughout the United States, with a focus on the densely populated and economically diverse eastern half of the United States. The Company offers its customers a broad portfolio of services using its own asset-based truckload fleet and third-party carriers through its asset-light freight brokerage network. The Company has two reportable segments; the Truckload segment offers asset-based truckload services, including over-the-road (OTR) trucking and dedicated contract services, and the Brokerage segment is engaged in asset-light freight brokerage services, where loads are contracted to third-party carriers.
Executives
Nathan H Harwell officer: EVP, Chief Legal Off., Sec. 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Amanda R Thompson officer: EVP - People and Safety 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Justin C Harness officer: EVP - Operations 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Jason Grear officer: EVP - Accounting & Finance 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Eric A. Peterson officer: Chief Financial Off. & Treas. 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Max L. Fuller 2008 Irrevocable Trust Fbo William E. Fuller 10 percent owner 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Janice Fuller 10 percent owner, other: Co-Trustee 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Fuller Family Enterprises, Llc 10 percent owner 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
William Eric Fuller director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & CEO, other: Co-Trustee & Managing GP 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Edward Hall Braman director 3310 WEST END AVENUE, SUITE 700, NASHVILLE TN 37203
Dennis Alan Nash director 4450 BELDEN VILLAGE ST. NW #800, CANTON OH 44718
Jon Beizer director 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Jennifer Buckner director 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Michael L Ducker director P O BOX 813, LIBERTY CORNER NJ 07938
John C Rickel director 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421

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