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McGrath RentCorp (McGrath RentCorp) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.56% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is McGrath RentCorp Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

McGrath RentCorp's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $3,824.3 Mil. McGrath RentCorp's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $212.5 Mil. McGrath RentCorp's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.56%.

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

MGRC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.63   Med: 6.47   Max: 9.72
Current: 6.01

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of McGrath RentCorp was 9.72%. The lowest was 4.63%. And the median was 6.47%.

MGRC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
52.75% of 1109 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.57 vs MGRC: 6.01

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) %. McGrath RentCorp's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.96%. 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.


McGrath RentCorp Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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McGrath RentCorp Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

McGrath RentCorp Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.58 7.65 5.23 5.21 5.15

McGrath RentCorp Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 4.81 5.32 5.87 5.15 5.56

Competitive Comparison of McGrath RentCorp's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, McGrath RentCorp'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.


McGrath RentCorp's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



McGrath RentCorp 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=190.022/3692.30952
=5.15 %

McGrath RentCorp's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $212.5 Mil.



McGrath RentCorp  (NAS:MGRC) 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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McGrath RentCorp (McGrath RentCorp) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5700 Las Positas Road, Livermore, CA, USA, 94551-7800
McGrath RentCorp is a rental company. It is comprised of four reportable business segments: Modular building and portable storage segment (Mobile Modular), Electronic test equipment segment (TRS-RenTelco), Containment solutions for the storage of hazardous and non-hazardous liquids and solids segment (Adler Tanks) and Classroom manufacturing division selling modular classrooms in California (Enviroplex). The company generates its revenues majorily from the rental of its equipment on operating leases with sales of equipment occurring in the normal course of business.
Executives
Trease Kristina Van officer: VP & Division Manager 5700 LAS POSITAS ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
David M Whitney officer: VP, Controller, PAO 5700 LOS POSITAS ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Elizabeth A Fetter director 1400 MARINA WAY SOUTH, RICHMOND CA 94804
Philip B Hawkins officer: VP & Division Manager 5700 LAS POSITAS ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Tara Wescott officer: Vice President Human Resources C/O MCGRATH RENTCORP, 5700 LAS POSITAS ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
John Lieffrig officer: VP & Division Manager C/O MCGRATH RENTCORP, 5700 LAS POSITAS ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
John P Skenesky officer: VP and Division Manager 5700 LAS POSITAS ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Gilda Malek officer: VP, Legal General Counsel C/O MCGRATH RENTCORP, 5700 LAS POSITAS ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Dennis P Stradford director
Kimberly Ann Box director 7157 TREELINE CT., GRANITE BAY CA 95746
Nicolas C Anderson director 3100 ZINFANDEL DRIVE, STE. 450, RANCHO CORDOVA CA 95670
Stuart Templeton Porter officer: VP & Division Manager C/O MCGRATH RENTCORP, 5700 LAS POSITAS ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Kay Dashner officer: Senior Human Resources Advisor 5700 LAS POSITAS ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Morris Richard Smith director 1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 1300, DENVER CO 80202
Smita Conjeevaram director 70 HERETOLD ROAD, BRONXVILLE NY 17708