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LKQ (LKQ) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.76% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is LKQ Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

LKQ's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $15,861 Mil. LKQ's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $1,231 Mil. LKQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 7.76%.

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

LKQ' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.2   Med: 6.77   Max: 9.65
Current: 8.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of LKQ was 9.65%. The lowest was 5.20%. And the median was 6.77%.

LKQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
60.82% of 1312 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 5.775 vs LKQ: 8.14

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) %. LKQ's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 21.54%. 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.


LKQ Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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LKQ Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

LKQ 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 5.72 6.89 6.93 8.88 7.99

LKQ Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 7.86 7.99 6.90 7.53 7.76

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

For the Auto Parts subindustry, LKQ'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.


LKQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, LKQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



LKQ 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1449/18122.488
=8.00 %

LKQ's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,231 Mil.



LKQ  (NAS:LKQ) 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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LKQ Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
500 West Madison Street, Suite 2800, Chicago, IL, USA, 60661
Since forming in 1998 to consolidate the auto salvage business in the United States, LKQ has developed into a leading distributor of aftermarket and recycled auto parts with around 1,700 facilities across North America and Europe. The company primarily sells into the professional, or do-it-for-me, channel and offers an assortment of collision and mechanical parts to both body shops and mechanical repair shops. It also continues to operate more than 70 LKQ pick-your-part junkyards. Separate from the self-service business, LKQ typically purchases around 250,000 salvage vehicles annually that are used to extract vehicle parts for resale.
Executives
Rick Galloway officer: SVP and CFO 500 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60661
Matthew J Mckay officer: SVP of Human Resources 500 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60661
Justin L Jude officer: SVP Ops -- Wholesale Parts C/O LKQ CORPORATION, 500 W. MADISON STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60661
Walter P Hanley officer: Senior VP of Development C/O LKQ CORPORATION, 120 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL 60602
Patrick Berard director 500 W. MADISON STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60661
Xavier Urbain director 500 W. MADISON STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60661
Dominick P Zarcone director, officer: President and CEO C/O LKQ CORPORATION, 500 W. MADISON STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60661
Blythe J Mcgarvie director HANNAFORD BROS CO, 145 PLEASANT HILL RD, SCARBOROUGH ME 04074
Varun Laroyia officer: Executive VP and CFO 500 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60661
Meg Divitto director 500 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60661
Robert M. Hanser director 500 W. MADISON STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60661
John W Mendel director C/O TRUECAR, INC., 120 BROADWAY, SUITE 200, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Valueact Capital Master Fund, L.p. director, other: See Remarks ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING D, 4TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Joseph M Holsten director, officer: President and CEO
Genevieve L Dombrowski officer: SVP -- Human Resources 500 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60661