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QEP Resources (QEP Resources) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.73% (As of Dec. 2020)


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What is QEP Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

QEP Resources's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was $2,165.8 Mil. QEP Resources's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was $39.6 Mil. QEP Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was 1.73%.

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

QEP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -37.34   Med: -1.23   Max: 32.72
Current: 2.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of QEP Resources was 32.72%. The lowest was -37.34%. And the median was -1.23%.

QEP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.495 vs QEP: 2.61

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) %. QEP Resources's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 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.


QEP Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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QEP Resources Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

QEP Resources 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 -29.67 2.11 -30.40 -0.42 1.73

QEP Resources Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
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 -0.42 32.57 15.31 7.07 1.73

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

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, QEP Resources'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.


QEP Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, QEP Resources's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



QEP Resources 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.

QEP Resourcess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=37/2165.814
=1.71 %

QEP Resources's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $39.6 Mil.



QEP Resources  (NYSE:QEP) 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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QEP Resources (QEP Resources) Business Description

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1050 17th Street, Suite 800, Denver, CO, USA, 80265
QEP Resources Inc. is a crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company that focuses on resources in the United States. QEP's reserves are located in two main areas: the Southern Region, primarily Texas; and the Northern Region, primarily North Dakota. The company sells its oil, condensate, and natural gas liquid (NGL) production to gas-marketing firms, crude-oil refiners, midstream service providers, and other companies. QEP also sells gas volumes to industrial users, utility companies, wholesale marketers, and local distributors.
Executives
Joseph T Redman officer: VP Energy QEP RESOURCES, INC., 1050 17TH STREET SUITE 800 DENVER CO 80265
William J Buese officer: VP, CFO & Treasurer 3001 QUAIL SPRINGS PKWY, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73134
Alice B Ley officer: VP, Controller & CAO 1050 17TH STREET SUITE 800 DENVER CO 80265
Christopher K Woosley officer: EVP, General Counsel & CS 1050 17TH STREET SUITE 800 DENVER CO 80265
Myles W Scoggins director 1722 ILLINOIS STREET, GOLDEN CO 80401
Julie Dill director 1301 RIVERPLACE BOULEVARD, SUITE 2300, JACKSONVILLE FL 32207
Michael J Minarovic director QEP RESOURCES, INC. 1050 17TH STREET, SUITE 800 DENVER CO 80265
Mary Shafer-malicki director 757 N. ELDRIDGE PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77079
Robert Heinemann director
Barth E Whitham director INTREPID POTASH, INC., 1001 17TH STREET, SUITE 1050, DENVER CO 80202
David A Trice director C/O NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION, 1415 WYCKOFF ROAD, WALL NJ 07719
Timothy J. Cutt director, officer: President & CEO 3001 QUAIL SPRINGS PKWY, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73134
Joseph N Jaggers director
Richard J Doleshek officer: EVP, CFO 1050 17TH STREET, SUITE 800 DENVER CO 80265
Jeffery R Tommerup officer: SVP - Production & HSE 1050 17TH STREET SUITE 800 DENVER CO 80265