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Compass Diversified Holdings (Compass Diversified Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 2.57% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Compass Diversified Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,408 Mil. Compass Diversified Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $87 Mil. Compass Diversified Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.57%.

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

CODI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.43   Med: 3.25   Max: 24.08
Current: 2.65

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Compass Diversified Holdings was 24.08%. The lowest was -0.43%. And the median was 3.25%.

CODI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
68.67% of 533 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 6.54 vs CODI: 2.65

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) %. Compass Diversified Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 20.14%. 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.


Compass Diversified Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Compass Diversified Holdings'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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Compass Diversified Holdings 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 -0.25 2.85 2.27 3.38 2.57

Compass Diversified Holdings 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 3.38 3.54 3.13 2.96 2.57

Competitive Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Compass Diversified Holdings'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.


Compass Diversified Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Compass Diversified Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Compass Diversified Holdings 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=87.727/3407.7625
=2.57 %

Compass Diversified Holdings'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 $87 Mil.



Compass Diversified Holdings  (NYSE:CODI) 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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Compass Diversified Holdings (Compass Diversified Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
301 Riverside Avenue, Second Floor, Westport, CT, USA, 06880
Compass Diversified Holdings is a diversified business conglomerate based in the United States having two groups: branded consumer business and niche industrial business. Branded consumer businesses are characterized as those businesses that capitalize on a valuable brand name in their respective market sector. It includes 5.11, Ergobaby, Liberty Safe, and Velocity Outdoor. Niche industrial businesses are characterized as those businesses that focus on manufacturing and selling particular products and industrial services within a specific market sector. It includes Advanced Circuits, Arnold, Foam Fabricators, and Sterno. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, and other International areas.
Executives
Ryan J Faulkingham other: See Remark (a) SIXTY ONE WILTON ROAD, SECOND FLOOR, WESTPORT CT 06880
Harold S Edwards other: See Remark (a) SIXTY ONE WILTON ROAD, SECOND FLOOR, WESTPORT CT 06880
Teri Shaffer other: See Remark (a) 301 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, SECOND FLOOR, WESTPORT CT 06880
Nancy Mahon other: See Remark (a) C/O TPG PACE BENEFICIAL FINANCE CORP., 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Alexander S. Bhathal other: See Remark (a) 301 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, SECOND FLOOR, WESTPORT CT 06880
James Bottiglieri other: See Remark (a) 2187 ATLANTIC ST, STAMFORD CT 06902
Larry L Enterline other: See Remark (a) 2709 WATER RIDGE PARKWAY, 2ND FLOOR, CHARLOTTE NC 28217
Gordon M Burns other: See Remark (a) AZTAR CORPORATION, 2390 E. CAMELBACK RD., SUITE 400, PHOENIX AZ 85016
Compass Group Investments, Ltd. 10 percent owner BELVEDERE BUILDING, 69 PITTS BAY ROAD, HAMILTON HM 08 D0 00000
Patrick A Maciariello other: See Remarks (a) 301 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, SECOND FLOOR, WESTPORT CT 06880
Elias Sabo other: See Remarks (a) 2709 WATER RIDGE PARKWAY, 2ND FLOOR, CHARLOTTE NC 28217
Simon Heidi Locke other: See Remark (a) 26 KENSETT LANE, DARIEN CT 06820
Sarah Gaines Mccoy other: See Remark (a) 6300 MERRILL CREEK PARKWAY, SUITE B, EVERETT WA 98203-5862
C Sean Day other: See Remark (a)
D Eugene Ewing other: See Remark (a) SIXTY ONE WILTON ROAD, SECOND FLOOR, WESTPORT CT 06880