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Healthcare Services Group (Healthcare Services Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 9.38% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Healthcare Services Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $649 Mil. Healthcare Services Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $61 Mil. Healthcare Services Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.38%.

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

HCSG' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.74   Med: 4.11   Max: 10.57
Current: 7.94

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Healthcare Services Group was 10.57%. The lowest was 0.74%. And the median was 4.11%.

HCSG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
82.79% of 674 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 2.6 vs HCSG: 7.94

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) %. Healthcare Services Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -6.44%. 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.


Healthcare Services Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Healthcare Services Group'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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Healthcare Services Group 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 5.19 7.10 5.88 5.94 9.38

Healthcare Services Group 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 5.94 5.26 5.32 6.89 9.38

Competitive Comparison

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Healthcare Services Group'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.


Healthcare Services Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Healthcare Services Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Healthcare Services Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Healthcare Services Group 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.

Healthcare Services Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=60.912/649.32017
=9.38 %

Healthcare Services Group'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 $61 Mil.



Healthcare Services Group  (NAS:HCSG) 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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Healthcare Services Group (Healthcare Services Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
3220 Tillman Drive, Suite 300, Bensalem, PA, USA, 19020
Healthcare Services Group Inc is a provider of housekeeping and facility management services to the healthcare industry. The company operates two business segments, both contributing roughly equally to the company's revenue: Housekeeping, laundry, linen, and other services; and Dietary department services. Housekeeping includes management of clients' housekeeping departments, cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing, laundry, bed linen, and uniform services. Dietary consists of food purchasing, meal preparation, and providing dietitian consulting services. Its clients are nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals in the United States of America.
Executives
Kurt Jr Simmons director 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE, BENSALEM PA 19020
Andrew M Brophy officer: Acting Accounting Officer 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE, SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
John Briggs director 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
Patrick J Orr officer: EVP & Chief Revenue Officer 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE, SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
Andrew Kush officer: Executive Vice President 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE, SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
Dino D Ottaviano director 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE, SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
Michael E Mcbryan director, officer: Executive Vice President 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE, SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
Robert L Frome director 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
Laura K Grant director 3220 TILLMAN, DRIVE, BENSALEM PA 19020
Robert J Moss director 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
Daniela Castagnino director 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE, SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
Diane S Casey director 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE, SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
John Christopher Shea officer: Chief Financial Officer 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE, SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
David Hurlock officer: Executive Vice President & COO 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE, SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020
Daniel P Mccartney director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3220 TILLMAN DR, SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA 19020

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