The earnings yield is an indication of how much return shareholders' investment in the company earned over the past 12 months. The higher the earnings yield is, the better.
As of today (2024-05-05), the stock price of HF Financial is $19.64.
HF Financial's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 was $1.33. Therefore, HF Financial's earnings yield of today is 6.76%.
The earnings yield does not consider the growth of the business. A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. HF Financial's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was 33.60%. 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.
HF Financial Earnings Yield % Calculation
Earnings yield is the reciprocal of the P/E Ratio.
HF Financial's Earnings Yield for today is calculated as
HF Financial's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.328 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
If the P/E ratio is an indication of how many years it takes for the company to earn back the stock price shareholders pay to buy the shares, the earnings yield is an indication of how much return shareholders' investment in the company earned over the past 12 months. The higher the earnings yield is, the better.
If a company loses money, the earnings yield is negative. This gives a more straightforward indication that the company is losing money. This is an advantage of using earnings yield instead of the P/E ratio in valuation. For valuation purposes, the P/B Ratio and the P/S Ratio should be used for companies that are losing money.
Like the P/E ratio, the earnings yield can be used to compare investments in different industries. It can even be used to compare the attractiveness of different asset classes such as bonds and cash. Of course, the earnings yield should not be the only factor in deciding which asset classes to invest.
Also similar to the P/E ratio, the earnings yield does not consider the growth of the business. A growing company with the same earnings yield should be more attractive than a company that has the same earnings yield but does not grow.
Just like the P/E Ratio, non-recurring items such as selling part of the business, selling a previous investment, etc., can affect earnings yield dramatically. The earning yield is also a poor indication for cyclical companies. When a cyclical stock has a high earnings yield it is usually at the peak of its cycle.
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HF Financial Corp was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in November 1991. The Company was formed for owning all of the outstanding stock of Home Federal Bank issued in the mutual to stock conversion of the Bank. The Company is regulated as a bank holding company by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Bank provides full-service consumer and commercial business banking, including an array of financial products, to meet the needs of its market place. The Bank attracts deposits from the general public and uses such deposits, together with borrowings and other funds, to originate one-to-four family residential, commercial business, consumer, multi-family, commercial real estate, construction and agricultural loans. The Bank's consumer loan portfolio includes, among other things, automobile loans, home equity loans, loans secured by deposit accounts and student loans. The Bank also purchases agency residential mortgage-backed securities and invests in U.S. Government and agency obligations and other permissible investments. The Bank, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, offers annuities, mutual funds, life insurance and other financial products, and equipment leasing services. The Company's reportable segments are banking (including leasing activities) and other. The banking segment is conducted through the Bank and Mid America Capital and the other segment is composed of smaller non-reportable segments, the Company and intersegment eliminations. The Bank's primary market area includes communities located in eastern and central South Dakota, including the Sioux Falls metropolitan statistical area ("MSA"), and the cities of Mitchell, Aberdeen, Brookings, Watertown, and Yankton. The Bank has a banking center in Marshall, Minnesota, which serves customers located in southwestern Minnesota. It competes with other commercial banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, mortgage banking firms, consumer finance companies, securities brokerage firms, insurance companies, money market funds and other mutual funds, as well as super-regional, national and international financial institutions.
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