What is Vector Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Vector Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,764 Mil.
Vector Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $357 Mil. Vector Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.92%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Vector Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
VGR'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.89 Med: 11.66 Max: 18.04
Current: 13.5
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Vector Group was 18.04%. The lowest was 7.89%. And the median was 11.66%.
VGR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 79.63% of 54
companies
in the Tobacco Products industry
Industry Median: 5.5
vs VGR: 13.50
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) %. Vector Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 15.91%. 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.
Vector Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Vector Group'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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Vector Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Vector Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Tobacco subindustry, Vector 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.
Vector Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry
For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Vector Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Vector Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Vector 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.
Vector Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Vector 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 $357 Mil.
Vector Group (NYSE:VGR) 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.
Vector Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
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Vector Group Ltd is a holding company whose subsidiaries--Liggett Group, Vector Tobacco, and New Valley-- primarily sell tobacco products and invest in real estate. The Liggett Group and Vector Tobacco subsidiaries sell cigarettes, primarily in the discount segment, in the United States under brand names Eagle 20's, Pyramid, Grand Prix, Liggett Select, and Eve. New Valley, through its majority ownership in Douglas Elliman Realty, invests in real estate worldwide. It also operates the largest residential brokerage company in the New York City area and has additional operations in South Florida, Beverly Hills, Aspen, and Connecticut. Tobacco accounts for more than half of total company revenue; real estate makes up the remainder.
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