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Genworth Financial (Genworth Financial) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 13.12% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Genworth Financial's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,209 Mil. Genworth Financial's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $345 Mil. Genworth Financial's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 13.12%.

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

GNW' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -13.5   Med: 12.4   Max: 69.66
Current: 17.95

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Genworth Financial was 69.66%. The lowest was -13.50%. And the median was 12.40%.

GNW's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
79.18% of 490 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.685 vs GNW: 17.95

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) %. Genworth Financial's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 55.86%. 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.


Genworth Financial Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* 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.

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Genworth Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.84 34.48 40.49 46.08 13.12

Genworth Financial Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 46.08 40.49 47.17 35.34 13.12

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Genworth Financial'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.


Genworth Financial Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Genworth Financial 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=421/3208.77764
=13.12 %

Genworth Financial's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $345 Mil.



Genworth Financial  (NYSE:GNW) 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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Genworth Financial (Genworth Financial) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
6620 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA, USA, 23230
Genworth Financial is a diversified insurance holding company that provides various mortgage and life insurance products. The company has three main operating business segments: Enact, U.S. Life Insurance, and Runoff. The company's product portfolio includes various financial products such as traditional life insurance, mortgage insurance, fixed annuities, and variable annuities. most of the revenue is generated by the company's U.S. life insurance segment that offers long-term care insurance, fixed annuity, and traditional life insurance products. The company earns most of its revenue in the United States.
Executives
Thomas J Mcinerney director, officer: President and CEO; Director 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Cristina E. Ahn officer: VP and Controller C/O GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC., 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Kelly A Saltzgaber officer: EVP & Chief Investment Officer C/O GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC., 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Rohit Gupta officer: EVP?U.S. Mortgage Insurance C/O GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC., 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Sheehan Daniel J Iv officer: SVP - Chief Investment Officer 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Andrea Lynn White officer: EVP-GR & Chief of Staff C/O GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC., 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Mark Blakeley Hodges officer: EVP and CRO C/O GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC., 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Elaine A Sarsynski director 312 FARMINGTON AVE, FARMINGTON CT 06032
Restrepo Robert P Jr director
Melissa Hagerman officer: EVP and Chief HR Officer C/O GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC., 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Gregory S. Karawan officer: EVP and General Counsel C/O GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC., 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Mills Howard D. Iii director C/O GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC., 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Jill R Goodman director 433 WEST VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO IL 60607
Ramsey D. Smith director C/O GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC., 6620 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Karen Elizabeth Dyson director 21 RIVERSIDE DR., APT 601, COCOA FL 32922

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