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SEP Acquisition (SEP Acquisition) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -7.15% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is SEP Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

SEP Acquisition's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $71.54 Mil. SEP Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-5.12 Mil. SEP Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -7.15%.

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

SEPA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.1   Med: 0   Max: 15.31
Current: -4.32

During the past 3 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of SEP Acquisition was 15.31%. The lowest was -5.10%. And the median was 0.00%.

SEPA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
68.67% of 664 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: -1.685 vs SEPA: -4.32

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) %. SEP Acquisition's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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.


SEP Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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SEP Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

SEP Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- 14.33 -3.79

SEP Acquisition Quarterly Data
Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 11.42 7.32 -0.70 -3.79 -7.15

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

For the Shell Companies subindustry, SEP Acquisition'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.


SEP Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, SEP Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



SEP Acquisition 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-2.341/61.736734044
=-3.79 %

SEP Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-5.12 Mil.



SEP Acquisition  (NAS:SEPA) 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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SEP Acquisition (SEP Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
3737 Buffalo Speedway, Suite 1750, Houston, TX, USA, 77098
SEP Acquisition Corp is a blank check company. It is formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
Executives
Marshall Blair Garrou director, 10 percent owner 3737 BUFFALO SPEEDWAY, SUITE 1750, HOUSTON TX 77098
David L. Magdol director 1300 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77056
Mia Mends director 5254 BIRDWOOD ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77096
Jay Gardner director 3737 BUFFALO SPEEDWAY, SUITE 1750, HOUSTON TX 77098
Mercury Sponsor Group I Llc 10 percent owner 3737 BUFFALO SPEEDWAY, SUITE 1750, HOUSTON TX 77098
Robert Andrew White director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 3737 BUFFALO SPEEDWAY, HOUSTON TX 77098
Winston Gilpin officer: CFO and Secretary 3737 BUFFALO SPEEDWAY, SUITE 1750, HOUSTON TX 77098
Carolyn Rodz director 3737 BUFFALO SPEEDWAY, SUITE 1750, HOUSTON TX 77098
Christine Cardenas officer: VP and Chief Strategy Officer 3737 BUFFALO SPEEDWAY, SUITE 1750, HOUSTON TX 77098

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