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Ashtead Group (LSE:AHT) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.74% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Ashtead Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Ashtead Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £31,502 Mil. Ashtead Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was £2,123 Mil. Ashtead Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 6.74%.

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

LSE:AHT' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.71   Med: 7.11   Max: 11.09
Current: 5.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Ashtead Group was 11.09%. The lowest was 3.71%. And the median was 7.11%.

LSE:AHT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
52.12% of 1109 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.57 vs LSE:AHT: 5.97

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) %. Ashtead Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 19.36%. 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.


Ashtead Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Ashtead Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Ashtead Group Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.78 7.93 4.28 6.09 7.43

Ashtead Group Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 6.50 7.43 6.59 7.36 6.74

Competitive Comparison of Ashtead Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Ashtead Group'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.


Ashtead Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Ashtead Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ashtead Group 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.

Ashtead Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2021.472/27218.53261
=7.43 %

Ashtead Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £2,123 Mil.



Ashtead Group  (LSE:AHT) 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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Ashtead Group (LSE:AHT) Business Description

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100 Cheapside, London, GBR, EC2V 6DT
Ashtead is an equipment rental business with operations in the U.S., Canada, and United Kingdom, operating under the Sunbelt Rentals brand. Earnings are mostly derived from the U.S. where Sunbelt enjoy a number-two market position with a 13% share in a highly fragmented market consisting of national, regional, and independent competitors. Ashtead rents a range of construction, industrial, and general equipment such as aerial lifts, hand-held tools, and forklifts across its more than 1,550 rental stores worldwide.