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Primoris Services (Primoris Services) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 8.90% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Primoris Services's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,873 Mil. Primoris Services's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $256 Mil. Primoris Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.90%.

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

PRIM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.8   Med: 8.13   Max: 13.33
Current: 7.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Primoris Services was 13.33%. The lowest was 3.80%. And the median was 8.13%.

PRIM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
55.08% of 1692 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.69 vs PRIM: 7.50

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) %. Primoris Services's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 13.16%. 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.


Primoris Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Primoris Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.79 10.82 8.98 8.77 8.90

Primoris Services Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.77 8.55 7.75 8.18 8.90

Competitive Comparison

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Primoris Services'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.


Primoris Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Primoris Services 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=255.84/2872.653823
=8.91 %

Primoris Services'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 $256 Mil.



Primoris Services  (NYSE:PRIM) 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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Primoris Services (Primoris Services) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2300 N. Field Street, Suite 1900, Dallas, TX, USA, 75201
Primoris Services Corp is a specialty contractor and infrastructure company in the United States. It has three operating segments. The Utility segment specializes in a range of services, including the installation and maintenance of new and existing natural gas distribution systems, electric utility distribution and transmission systems, and communications systems. The pipeline segment constructs and maintains pipelines for the petroleum and petrochemical industries. The Energy/Renewables segment includes engineering, procurement, construction, retrofits, highway and bridge construction, demolition, and other services. The Energy/Renewables segment earns the majority of the revenue. Primoris earns most of its revenue in the U.S.
Executives
Thomas Edward Mccormick officer: Chief Operating Officer 2100 MCKINNEY AVE, SUITE 1500, DALLAS TX 75201
Stephen C. Cook director 7500 SAN FELIPE, STE. 600, HOUSTON TX 77063
David Lee King officer: Chief Operating Officer 2100 MCKINNEY AVE, SUITE 1500, DALLAS TX 75201
John M. Perisich officer: Senior VP and General Counsel, other: Member - see remark 26000 COMMERCENTRE DR., LAKE FOREST CA 92630
John Schauerman director, officer: Chief Financial Officer, other: Member - see remark 26000 COMMERCENTRE DR., LAKE FOREST CA 92630
Moreno John F Jr officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION, 2300 NORTH FIELD ST, SUITE 1900, DALLAS TX 75201
Michael E. Ching director C/O PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION, 2300 N FIELD STREET, SUITE 1900, DALLAS TX 75201
Terry D Mccallister director 1100 H ST NW, WASHINGTON DC 20080
Jose Ramon Rodriguez director PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION, 2300 NORTH FIELD STREET, SUITE 1900, DALLAS TX 75201
Thomas E. Tucker director 3 UPPER NEWPORT PLAZA DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Patricia K Wagner director 1720 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95020
Kenneth Morris Dodgen officer: Corporate Controller 2100 MCKINNEY AVE, SUITE 1500, DALLAS TX 75201
Brian Pratt director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, CEO & President, other: Member - see remark 5950 BERKSHIRE LANE, SUITE 800, DALLAS TX 75225
Carla S Mashinski director 8200 S. UNIT DRIVE, TULSA OK 74132
Travis L Stricker officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2103 RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380