GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Real Estate » REITs » Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc (NYSE:SHO) » Definitions » Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

Sunstone Hotel Investors (Sunstone Hotel Investors) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 9.07% (As of Dec. 2023)
View and export this data going back to 2004. Start your Free Trial

Sunstone Hotel Investors's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,869.5 Mil. Sunstone Hotel Investors's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $262.1 Mil. Sunstone Hotel Investors's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.07%.

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

SHO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.99   Med: 4.21   Max: 13.95
Current: 9.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sunstone Hotel Investors was 13.95%. The lowest was -11.99%. And the median was 4.21%.

SHO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
84.79% of 894 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.845 vs SHO: 9.58

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) %. Sunstone Hotel Investors'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.


Sunstone Hotel Investors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sunstone Hotel Investors'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.

* Premium members only.

Sunstone Hotel Investors 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 5.41 -11.43 1.90 4.05 9.07

Sunstone Hotel Investors 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 4.05 4.44 4.78 5.07 9.07

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Hotel & Motel subindustry, Sunstone Hotel Investors'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.


Sunstone Hotel Investors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Sunstone Hotel Investors's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sunstone Hotel Investors 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=260.249/2869.4814
=9.07 %

Sunstone Hotel Investors'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 $262.1 Mil.



Sunstone Hotel Investors  (NYSE:SHO) 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.


Sunstone Hotel Investors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Sunstone Hotel Investors's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Sunstone Hotel Investors (Sunstone Hotel Investors) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
15 Enterprise, Suite 200, Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, 92656
Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc is a real estate investment trust that acquires, owns, manages, and renovates the full-service hotel and select-service hotel properties across various states in the United States. The firm's portfolio consists primarily of urban, upper-upscale hotels. The vast majority of these hotels are managed under Marriott, Hilton, Fairmont, and Sheraton brands. Regionally, the company's assets are located in its California, Other West, Midwest, and East geographical segments within the U.S. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from its Eastern operations, closely followed by its Californian operations. Sunstone's sole source of income is hotel revenue from its hotel ownership segment.
Executives
Robert C Springer officer: SVP - Acquisitions 200 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 2100, IRVINE CA 92618
Aaron Robert Reyes officer: Chief Financial Officer 200 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE, 21ST FLOOR, IRVINE CA 92618
Douglas M Pasquale director 245 FICHER AVE STE D-1, COSTA MESA CA 92626
David M Klein officer: SVP - General Counsel 200 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 2100, IRVINE CA 92618
Verett Ann Mims director 15 ENTERPRISE, SUITE 200, ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Kristina M Leslie director DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG, INC., 1000 FLOWER STREET, GLENDALE CA 91201
Keith P Russell director 200 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 2100, IRVINE CA 92618
Christopher Gerard Ostapovicz officer: Chief Operating Officer 200 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE, 21ST FLOOR, IRVINE CA 92618
Marc Andrew Hoffman officer: EVP - Chief Operating Officer 200 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 2100, IRVINE CA 92618
W Blake Baird director 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Monica S Digilio director ONE CAESARS PALACE DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Murray J. Mccabe director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 600, ATLANTA GA 30309
John V Arabia officer: Executive Vice President - CFO 200 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 2100, IRVINE CA 92618
Bryan Albert Giglia officer: SVP - Chief Financial Officer 200 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE, 21ST FLOOR, IRVINE CA 92618
Thomas A Lewis director 200 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 2100, IRVINE CA 92618

Sunstone Hotel Investors (Sunstone Hotel Investors) Headlines

From GuruFocus