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SPAR Group (SPAR Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 20.12% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SPAR Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

SPAR Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $44.9 Mil. SPAR Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.1 Mil. SPAR Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 20.12%.

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

SGRP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.48   Med: 12.11   Max: 34.95
Current: 18.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of SPAR Group was 34.95%. The lowest was 5.48%. And the median was 12.11%.

SGRP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
87.2% of 1109 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.57 vs SGRP: 18.15

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) %. SPAR Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.53%. 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.


SPAR Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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SPAR Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

SPAR Group 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 23.47 26.25 10.70 10.47 20.12

SPAR Group 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 10.47 12.36 12.52 12.30 20.12

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

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, SPAR Group'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.


SPAR Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



SPAR Group 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=9.052/44.94441
=20.14 %

SPAR Group'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 $9.1 Mil.



SPAR Group  (NAS:SGRP) 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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SPAR Group (SPAR Group) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1910 Opdyke Court, Auburn Hills, MI, USA, 48326
SPAR Group Inc is a supplier of merchandising and other marketing services. It also provides in-store event staffing, product sampling, audit services, furniture and other product assembly services, technology services and marketing research services. The company divides its operations into two reportable segments: Domestic division is comprised of all operations within the United States; and The International division is a consolidation of all other operations and joint ventures. Its customers are from retail and manufacturing segments. Its geographic presence is in Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, China, Japan, India, Canada, Australia, Turkey, and United States from where it generates maximum revenue.
Executives
Pato Antonio Calisto officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SPAR GROUP, INC., 1910 OPDYKE COURT, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Robert G/ Brown director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, Chief Executive Offi
Spar Business Services Inc other: Affiliated with Robert G Brown 7711 N MILITARY TRAIL, SUITE 1000, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33410
Williams H Bartels director, 10 percent owner, officer: Vice Chairman
Sean Whelan director C/O ZOMEDICA CORP., 100 PHOENIX DRIVE, SUITE 125, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Michael Wager director 100 BURTT ROAD, SUITE 115, BOSTON MA 01810
Kori Belzer officer: Chief Operations Officer SPAR GROUP INC, 580 WHITE PLAINS RD., TARRYTOWN NY 10591
Fay Devriese officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SPAR GROUP, INC., 1910 OPDYKE COURT, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Ronald Wayne Lutz officer: Chief Global CommercialOfficer C/O SPAR GROUP, INC., 1910 OPDYKE COURT, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
William Linnane officer: Chief Strategy & GrowthOfficer C/O SPAR GROUP, INC., 1910 OPDYKE COURT, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Arthur H Baer director 61 BUSHNELL ROAD, HILLSDALE NY 12529
Mike R. Matacunas director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 500 VOLVO PARKWAY, CHESAPEAKE VA 23320
James Richard Brown director C/O SPAR GROUP, INC., 1910 OPDYKE COURT, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Igor Novgorodtsev director C/O SPAR GROUP, INC. 333 WESTCHESTER AVE, SOUTH BUILDING, SUITE 204, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
James R Segreto officer: Controller C/O SPAR GROUP INC, 580 WHITE PLAINS RD, TARRYTOWN NY 10591