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Franklin Electric Co (Franklin Electric Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.90% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Franklin Electric Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Franklin Electric Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $5,033 Mil. Franklin Electric Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $247 Mil. Franklin Electric Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.90%.

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

FELE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.43   Med: 5.36   Max: 7.49
Current: 5.36

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Franklin Electric Co was 7.49%. The lowest was 3.43%. And the median was 5.36%.

FELE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
59.19% of 3036 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.28 vs FELE: 5.36

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) %. Franklin Electric Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 21.86%. 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.


Franklin Electric Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Franklin Electric Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Franklin Electric Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Franklin Electric Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.57 4.01 4.24 6.32 5.61

Franklin Electric Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.61 5.15 6.10 5.61 4.90

Competitive Comparison of Franklin Electric Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Franklin Electric Co'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.


Franklin Electric Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Franklin Electric Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Franklin Electric Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Franklin Electric Co 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.

Franklin Electric Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=254.013/4527.25955
=5.61 %

Franklin Electric Co'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 $247 Mil.



Franklin Electric Co  (NAS:FELE) 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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Franklin Electric Co (Franklin Electric Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9255 Coverdale Road, Fort Wayne, IN, USA, 46809
Franklin Electric Co Inc designs, manufactures, and distributes water and fuel pumping systems, composed of submersible motors, pumps, electronic controls, water treatment systems, and related parts and equipment. It has three segments; The Water Systems segment designs, manufactures and sells motors, pumps, drives, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment for use in groundwater, water transfer, and wastewater, The Fueling Systems segment designs, manufactures and sells pumps, pipe, sumps, fittings, vapor recovery components, electronic controls, monitoring devices, and related parts and equipment for use in fueling system applications and the Distribution segment sells and provides presale support and specifications to the installing contractors.
Executives
Gregg C Sengstack officer: Senior Vice President and CFO FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC, 9255 COVERDALE RD, FORT WAYNE IN 46809
Delancey W Davis officer: Vice President, Director of Sa FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC., 9255 COVERDALE RD, FORT WAYNE IN 46809
Greg Michael Levine officer: VP & President, Global Water 954 CHAPEL OAKS ROAD, FRONTENAC MO 63131
Jonathan M. Grandon officer: Chief Administrative Officer 56 EAST BELL DRIVE, P.O. BOX, WARSAW IN 46581
Donald P Kenney officer: VP and President Energy System FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC., 9255 COVERDALE RD, FORT WAYNE IN 46809
Paul Chhabra officer: VP, Global Product Supply 9255 COVERDALE ROAD, FORT WAYNE IN 46809
Jeffery L Taylor officer: Vice President and CFO 1000 SAGAMORE PARKWAY SOUTH, LAFAYETTE IN 47905
Chris Villavarayan director C/O MERITOR, INC., 2135 WEST MAPLE ROAD, TROY MI 48084
Brent L Spikes officer: VP, Global Manufacturing Ops 10330 CYGNET COVE, ROANOKE IN 46783
Kenneth Keene officer: VP, Global Supply Chain 626 MONTE VISTA DRIVE, FORT WAYNE IN 46814
John J Haines officer: Vice President and CFO FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC., 9255 COVERDALE RD, FORT WAYNE IN 46809
Luxfer Holdings Plc director LUMNS LANE, MANCHESTER X0 M27 8LN
Alok Maskara director 2140 LAKE PARK BLVD, RICHARDSON TX 75080
Jay J Walsh officer: President, Franklin Fueling 502 CABRILLO COURT, VERONA WI 53593
Julie Scheck Freigang officer: Vice President 515 FRANKLIN STREET, MICHIGAN CITY IN 46360

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