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Nikola (Nikola) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -78.74% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nikola Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Nikola's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $983.70 Mil. Nikola's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-795.98 Mil. Nikola's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -78.74%.

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

NKLA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -169.78   Med: -27.06   Max: -0.38
Current: -125

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Nikola was -0.38%. The lowest was -169.78%. And the median was -27.06%.

NKLA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
97.62% of 210 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 7.49 vs NKLA: -125.00

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) %. Nikola's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. 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.


Nikola Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Nikola Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Nikola Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -7.16 -19.01 -56.50 -78.74

Nikola Quarterly Data
Dec18 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -56.50 -74.07 -54.35 -54.35 -78.74

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

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Nikola'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.


Nikola's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Nikola's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nikola 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-772.168/983.699984
=-78.50 %

Nikola'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 $-795.98 Mil.



Nikola  (NAS:NKLA) 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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Nikola (Nikola) Business Description

Address
4141 East Broadway Road, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85040
Nikola Corp is a designer and manufacturer of battery-electric and hydrogen-electric vehicles, electric vehicle drivetrains, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and hydrogen fueling station infrastructure.
Executives
Joseph S. Cappello officer: President of Energy 13001 BAY PARK ROAD, PASADENA TX 77507
Anastasiya Pasterick officer: Chief Financial Officer 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD, PHOENIX AZ 85040
John C Vesco director 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Carey Mendes officer: President, Energy 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Michael Lohscheller officer: President, Nikola Motor Div. 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD, PHONEIX AZ 85040
Joseph R. Pike officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Britton M. Worthen officer: Chief Legal Officer 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Mark A Russell director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43085
Andrew Vesey director 4300 WILSON BOULEVARD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Trevor R. Milton director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Lynn Forester director C/O ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC, 767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10153
Pablo M. Koziner officer: President, Nikola Energy 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Mary L Petrovich director
Bruce L. Smith director 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Jeffrey W Ubben director 1170 GORGAS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129

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