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LSL Property Services (LSE:LSL) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.28% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is LSL Property Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

LSL Property Services's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £241.3 Mil. LSL Property Services's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £5.5 Mil. LSL Property Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.28%.

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

LSE:LSL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.08   Med: 8.48   Max: 34.71
Current: 1.81

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of LSL Property Services was 34.71%. The lowest was -11.08%. And the median was 8.48%.

LSE:LSL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
62.11% of 1858 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 4.235 vs LSE:LSL: 1.81

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) %. LSL Property Services'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.


LSL Property Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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LSL Property Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

LSL Property Services 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 5.42 7.04 18.02 -9.66 2.28

LSL Property Services Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.02 - -9.66 - 2.28

Competitive Comparison of LSL Property Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, LSL Property Services'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.


LSL Property Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, LSL Property Services's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



LSL Property Services 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=5.504/241.2774
=2.28 %

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.



LSL Property Services  (LSE:LSL) 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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LSL Property Services (LSE:LSL) Business Description

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Address
Newcastle House, Albany Court, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, GBR, NE4 7YB
LSL Property Services PLC provides residential property services to consumers. The Estate Agency and Related Services segment provides services related to the sale and letting of residential properties, Financial Services segment reflects the Financial Services income generated from the Estate Agency segment. The Surveying and Valuation Services segment provides valuations and professional survey services for residential properties. Some of the company offerings include residential sales, lettings, surveying, conveyancing and advice on mortgages and non-investment insurance products. Geographically all the business is operated in the UK and it derives the majority of its revenue from the Estate Agency and Related segment.

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