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FBL Financial Group (FBL Financial Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 8.10% (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is FBL Financial Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

FBL Financial Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $1,393.4 Mil. FBL Financial Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2021 was $112.9 Mil. FBL Financial Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 8.10%.

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

FFG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 5.635
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. FBL Financial Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 5.68%. 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.


FBL Financial Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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FBL Financial Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

FBL Financial Group Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.29 8.39 6.22 9.61 5.81

FBL Financial Group Quarterly Data
Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
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 8.18 10.18 7.60 5.81 8.10

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

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, FBL Financial 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.


FBL Financial Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



FBL Financial 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.

FBL Financial Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=79.487/1368.142705
=5.81 %

FBL Financial Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $112.9 Mil.



FBL Financial Group  (NYSE:FFG) 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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FBL Financial Group (FBL Financial Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, IA, USA, 50266-5997
FBL Financial Group Inc is an American financial services company. The group has three subsidiaries: Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, Greenfields Life Insurance Company, Farm Bureau Property and Casualty Insurance Company, and Western Agricultural Insurance Company. Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company offers various lines of life insurance, annuity, and investment products. Greenfields Life Insurance Company offers a wide range of life insurance, annuity, and investment products. Farm Bureau Property and Casualty Insurance Company and Western Agricultural Insurance Company offer full lines of personal and commercial property-casualty insurance products.
Executives
Paul A. Juffer director 5942 BEECHTREE DRIVE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Bryan Searle director 275 TIERRA VISTA DRIVE POCATELLO ID 83201
Daniel M Koster officer: VP - Marketing and Agency Svcs 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Anthony James Aldridge officer: Chief Accounting Officer 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Jeffrey A Whitehead officer: Chief Investment Officer 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Ronald L Mead officer: VP - Sales and Distribution 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Casey Decker officer: Chief Information Officer 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Richard Wayne Felts director 2627 KFB PLAZA MANHATTAN KS 66503
Jay W Seiboldt officer: Chief Operating Officer - PC 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Nicholas C. Gerhart officer: Chief Administrative Officer 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Raymond Walter Wasilewski officer: Senior Vice President 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50265
Daniel D Pitcher director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Charles Happel officer: Chief Investment Officer 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Donald Seibel officer: CFO & Treasurer 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
James Brannen officer: CEO Emeritus 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, WEST DES MOINES IA 50266

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