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SSP Group (LSE:SSPG) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.13% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is SSP Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

SSP Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £3,130 Mil. SSP Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was £192 Mil. SSP Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 6.13%.

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

LSE:SSPG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -12.63   Med: 4.44   Max: 14.83
Current: 6.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of SSP Group was 14.83%. The lowest was -12.63%. And the median was 4.44%.

LSE:SSPG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
73.39% of 357 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 3.54 vs LSE:SSPG: 6.30

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) %. SSP Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 2.54%. 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.


SSP Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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SSP Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

SSP Group Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.49 -12.09 -9.07 3.96 6.13

SSP Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 -9.07 - 3.96 - 6.13

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

For the Restaurants subindustry, SSP 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.


SSP Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, SSP Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



SSP 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.

SSP Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=191.9/3130.467754
=6.13 %

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.



SSP Group  (LSE:SSPG) 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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SSP Group (LSE:SSPG) Business Description

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Address
32 Jamestown Road, London, GBR, NW1 7HW
SSP Group PLC operates food and beverage units in travel locations such as airports and railway stations. Units range from coffee shops and sandwich bars to casual and fine-dining restaurants. Its units operate under more than 300 different brand names, including both proprietary brands and franchised brands, such as Starbucks and Burger King. Its segments include the UK, Continental Europe, North America and the APAC and EEME.

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