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MillerKnoll (MillerKnoll) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.30% (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is MillerKnoll Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

MillerKnoll's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $3,833 Mil. MillerKnoll's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $165 Mil. MillerKnoll's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 4.30%.

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

MLKN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.41   Med: 7.22   Max: 17.96
Current: 4.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of MillerKnoll was 17.96%. The lowest was -1.41%. And the median was 7.22%.

MLKN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
53.46% of 434 companies
in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry
Industry Median: 5.705 vs MLKN: 4.91

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) %. MillerKnoll's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 7.20%. 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.


MillerKnoll Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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MillerKnoll Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

MillerKnoll Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.32 -0.02 7.97 0.72 4.51

MillerKnoll Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 4.68 4.51 3.72 3.96 4.30

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

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances subindustry, MillerKnoll'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.


MillerKnoll's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances Industry

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, MillerKnoll's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



MillerKnoll 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.

MillerKnolls Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=125.4/2779.117385
=4.51 %

MillerKnoll's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $165 Mil.



MillerKnoll  (NAS:MLKN) 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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MillerKnoll (MillerKnoll) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
855 East Main Avenue, P.O. Box 302, Zeeland, MI, USA, 49464
MillerKnoll Inc, formerly Herman Miller Inc researches, designs, manufactures, sells, and distributes interior furnishings across the globe. The Company has three reportable segments: Americas Contract , International Contract & Specialty International & Specialty and Global Retail. The company's products are sold through a variety of sources, including owned and independent contract furniture dealers, direct customer sales, owned and independent retailers, direct-mail catalogs, and the company's online stores. The independent retailer division generates the majority of the firm's overall sales.
Executives
Jeffrey M Stutz officer: TreasVPInvst Relatn 855 EAST MAIN, ZEELAND MI 49464
Mike C. Smith director STITCH FIX, INC., ONE MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Michael A Volkema director
Michael R Smith director 18 LOVETON CIRCLE, SPARKS MD 21152
Lisa A Kro director 3700 WELLS FARGO CENTER, 90 SOUTH 7TH STREET, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Megan Lyon other: Chief Strategy Officer 855 EAST MAIN, ZEELAND MI 49464
Andi Owen officer: President & CEO 4900 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 2000, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Richard Scott other: Chief Mfg and Ops Officer 855 EAST MAIN, ZEELAND MI 49464
Bruce Benedict Watson other: Executive Creative Director 855 EAST MAIN, ZEELAND MI 49464
Kartik Shethia other: President - Intl Contract 855 EAST MAIN AVE, ZEELAND MI 49464
Jeffrey L. Kurburski other: VP Information Tech 855 EAST MAIN, ZEELAND MI 49464
Christopher M Baldwin other: Group President, MillerKnoll C/O KNOLL INC, 1235 WATER STREET, EAST GREENVILLE PA 18041
Jennifer K. Nicol other: Chief People Officer 855 EAST MAIN AVE, ZEELAND MI 49464
John P Michael officer: President, N America Contract 855 EAST MAIN, ZEELAND MI 49464
Debbie F Propst officer: President - HM Consumer 855 EAST MAIN, ZEELAND MI 49464