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Gibraltar Industries (Gibraltar Industries) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.46% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Gibraltar Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Gibraltar Industries's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,351 Mil. Gibraltar Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $152 Mil. Gibraltar Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.46%.

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

ROCK' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -12.89   Med: 5.59   Max: 9.47
Current: 7.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Gibraltar Industries was 9.47%. The lowest was -12.89%. And the median was 5.59%.

ROCK's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
53.39% of 1695 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.56 vs ROCK: 7.07

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) %. Gibraltar Industries's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 19.69%. 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.


Gibraltar Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Gibraltar Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Gibraltar Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.51 4.48 4.58 7.63 6.46

Gibraltar Industries 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) % 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 7.63 8.01 6.65 6.81 6.46

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

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Gibraltar Industries'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.


Gibraltar Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



Gibraltar Industries 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=151.994/2351.07118
=6.46 %

Gibraltar Industries'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 $152 Mil.



Gibraltar Industries  (NAS:ROCK) 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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Gibraltar Industries (Gibraltar Industries) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3556 Lake Shore Road, P.O. Box 2028, Buffalo, NY, USA, 14219-0228
Gibraltar Industries Inc is a manufacturer and provider of products and services for the Renewable energy, Residential, Agtech and Infrastructure markets. Renewables Segment is engaged in the design, engineering, manufacturing and installation of solar racking and electrical balance of systems. Agtech Segment provides growing and processing solutions including the designing, engineering, manufacturing, full-scope construction, maintenance and support of greenhouses and indoor growing operations, and botanical extraction systems. It derives key revenue from the Residential segment which offers roof and foundation ventilation products, single point and centralized mail systems and electronic package solutions and Retractable awnings and gutter guards, among other products.
Executives
James B Nish director 3556 LAKESHORE RD., BLASDELL NY 14219
Janet Anne Catlett officer: VP, CHRO 22 WEST FRONTAGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Linda Kristine Myers director 3556 LAKE SHORE ROAD, P.O. BOX 2028, BUFFALO NY 14219
Katherine Bolanowski officer: General Counsel, VP, Secretary 3556 LAKE SHORE ROAD, BUFFALO NY 14219
Patrick Burns officer: Chief Operating Officer 3005 HIGHLAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200, DOWNERS GROVE IL 60515
Jeffrey J. Watorek officer: VP, Treasurer, Secretary 3556 LAKESHORE ROAD, BLASDELL NY 14219
Elizabeth Jensen officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 5928 HIGHLAND HILLS CIRCLE, FORT COLLINS CO 80528
Gwendolyn G Mizell director 800 S HANLEY SUITE 8D, CLAYTON MO 63105
Manish H Shah director 9618 BOUCHAINE PASS, BRENTWOOD TN 37027
Mark G Barberio director 19 WIK STREET, WILLIAMSVILLE NY 14221
Vinod M Khilnani director 905 WEST BLVD NORTH, ELKHART IN 46514
Sharon M Brady director 3600 W. LAKE AVENUE, GLENVIEW IL 60026
William P Montague director
Atlee Valentine Pope director 3556 LAKE SHORE ROAD, P.O. BOX 2028, BUFFALO NY 14219
Craig A Hindman director ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., 3600 WEST LAKE AVENUE, GLENVIEW IL 60026

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