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Card Factory (LSE:CARD) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 17.15% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Card Factory Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Card Factory's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £457.3 Mil. Card Factory's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was £78.4 Mil. Card Factory's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 17.15%.

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

LSE:CARD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.17   Med: 7.68   Max: 18.98
Current: 16.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Card Factory was 18.98%. The lowest was -2.17%. And the median was 7.68%.

LSE:CARD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
88.91% of 1118 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 4.73 vs LSE:CARD: 16.14

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) %. Card Factory's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 28.48%. 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.


Card Factory Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Card Factory Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Card Factory Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.39 -2.11 5.40 13.04 17.15

Card Factory Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 5.40 - 13.04 - 17.15

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

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Card Factory'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.


Card Factory's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Card Factory's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Card Factory 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.

Card Factorys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=78.4/457.267984
=17.15 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Card Factory  (LSE:CARD) 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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Card Factory (LSE:CARD) Business Description

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Address
Century House, Brunel Road, 41 Industrial Estate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, GBR, WF2 0XG
Card Factory PLC is a British retailer of greeting cards. Its products are offered via stores present in the United Kingdom, as well as online through websites: Card Factory and Getting Personal. The company's strategy is to provide high-quality cards at affordable prices. Less than 50% of sales come from gift dressings, small gifts, and party items. The business model is vertically integrated. It has an in-house design team, a printing facility, and a central warehousing facility.

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