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WGO (Winnebago Industries) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.78% (As of Aug. 2024)


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What is Winnebago Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Winnebago Industries's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was $2,138 Mil. Winnebago Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was $60 Mil. Winnebago Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 2.78%.

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

WGO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.76   Med: 10.83   Max: 30.32
Current: 2.88

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Winnebago Industries was 30.32%. The lowest was 2.76%. And the median was 10.83%.

WGO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
67.53% of 1312 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 5.775 vs WGO: 2.88

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) %. Winnebago Industries's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 19.00%. 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.


Winnebago Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Winnebago Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Winnebago Industries Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.56 16.84 27.10 13.28 2.78

Winnebago Industries Quarterly Data
Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24
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 13.28 10.98 6.90 6.22 2.78

Competitive Comparison of Winnebago Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Recreational Vehicles subindustry, Winnebago Industries'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.


Winnebago Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Winnebago Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Winnebago Industries 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.

Winnebago Industriess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=59.5/2138.3553
=2.78 %

Winnebago Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $60 Mil.



Winnebago Industries  (NYSE:WGO) 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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Winnebago Industries Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
13200 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie, MN, USA, 55347
Winnebago Industries manufactures Class A, B, and C motor homes along with towables, customized specialty vehicles, boats, and parts. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Winnebago has been producing recreational vehicles since 1958. Revenue was about $3.5 billion in fiscal 2023. Winnebago expanded into towables in 2011 with the acquisition of SunnyBrook and acquired Grand Design in November 2016. Towables made up 79% of the firm's RV unit volume, up from 31% in fiscal 2016. The company's total RV unit volume was 39,447 in fiscal 2023. Winnebago expanded into boating in 2018 with the purchase of Chris-Craft, bought premium motor home maker Newmar in November 2019, and bought Barletta pontoon boats in August 2021. It also is developing electric and autonomous technology.
Executives
Stacy L Bogart officer: VP-General Counsel & Secretary 13200 PIONEER TRAIL, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Christopher David West officer: VP - Operations N60W27221 TRAPPERS RUN, SUSSEX WI 53089
Richard D Moss director 1715 WEST 38TH STREET, CHATTANOOGA TN 37409
William C. Fisher director 2100 HIGHWAY 55, MEDINA MN 55340
Ashis Nayan Bhattacharya officer: VP Strategic Development & Pla 6341 URBANDALE LANE NORTH, MAPLE GROVE MN 55311
Staci L Kroon director 13200 PIONEER TRAIL, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Donald Jeff Clark officer: President & CEO Grand Design 13429 WOODED KNOLL TRAIL, MIDDLEBURY IN 46540
Casey J Tubman officer: PRESIDENT, NEWMAR CORPORATION 13200 PIONEER TRAIL, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Maria Favlana Blase director PO BOX 152, FOREST CITY IA 50436
Jacqueline D. Woods director PO BOX 152, FOREST CITY IA 50436
Kevin E. Bryant director C/O EVERGY, INC., 1200 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY MO 64105
Matthew L. Miller officer: VP, WGO, President, Newmar P.O. BOX 152, FOREST CITY IA 50436
Bret A Woodson officer: VP-Administration P.O. BOX 152, FOREST CITY IA 50436
Huw Bower officer: President, Winnebago Outdoors C/O BRUNSWICK CORPORATION, 1 N FIELD COURT, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Michael J Happe director, officer: CEO & President P.O. BOX 152, FOREST CITY IA 50436