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Latham Group (Latham Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.92% (As of Dec. 2023)


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

Latham Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $532.5 Mil. Latham Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $20.9 Mil. Latham Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.92%.

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

SWIM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.18   Med: 1.8   Max: 5.92
Current: 3.58

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Latham Group was 5.92%. The lowest was -4.18%. And the median was 1.80%.

SWIM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
66.15% of 1693 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.52 vs SWIM: 3.58

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) %. Latham Group'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.


Latham Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Latham Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Latham Group Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -0.90 4.28 3.92

Latham Group Quarterly Data
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 4.28 2.79 2.11 1.55 3.92

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

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Latham 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.


Latham Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



Latham 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=20.856/532.47136
=3.92 %

Latham 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 $20.9 Mil.



Latham Group  (NAS:SWIM) 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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Latham Group (Latham Group) Business Description

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Address
787 Watervliet Shaker Road, Latham, NY, USA, 12110
Latham Group Inc is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of in-ground residential swimming pools, liners, and covers in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. It derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Oliver C. Gloe officer: VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE C/O LATHAM GROUP, 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Scott Michael Rajeski director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Melissa Claire Feck officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Patrick M Sheller officer: General Counsel & Secretary 343 STATE STREET, ROCHESTER NY 14650
J Mark Borseth officer: Chief Financial Officer 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
James E Cline director C/O TREX COMPANY INC., 160 EXETER DRIVE, WINCHESTER VA 22603
Joshua D. Cowley officer: Chief Commercial Officer 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Suraj Kunchala officer: Vice President & Controller 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Brian Patrick Pratt director 112 E. 17TH ST., NEW YORK NY 10003
Delu Jackson director 650 TENNIS CLUB DRIVE, APT. L107, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33311
Sanjeev Bahl officer: COO Latham Pool Products, Inc. C/O LATHAM GROUP, INC., 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Mark Phillip Laven director 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Masson Robert L. Ii officer: Chief Financial Officer 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Dane L. Derbyshire director 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Jeff Arnold Leake officer: Chief Operating Officer 787 WATERVLIET SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110