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Electro-Sensors (Electro-Sensors) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 12.22% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Electro-Sensors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Electro-Sensors's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.10 Mil. Electro-Sensors's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.29 Mil. Electro-Sensors's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.22%.

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

ELSE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.73   Med: 6.07   Max: 139.24
Current: 6.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Electro-Sensors was 139.24%. The lowest was -3.73%. And the median was 6.07%.

ELSE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
69.86% of 2475 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.35 vs ELSE: 6.76

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) %. Electro-Sensors's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -14.04%. 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.


Electro-Sensors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electro-Sensors's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Electro-Sensors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Electro-Sensors 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 5.34 -2.34 3.97 1.25 12.22

Electro-Sensors 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) % 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 1.25 -0.81 7.96 10.74 12.22

Competitive Comparison of Electro-Sensors's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Electro-Sensors'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.


Electro-Sensors's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Electro-Sensors's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Electro-Sensors's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Electro-Sensors 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.

Electro-Sensorss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0.379/3.100476
=12.22 %

Electro-Sensors'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 $0.29 Mil.



Electro-Sensors  (NAS:ELSE) 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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Electro-Sensors (Electro-Sensors) Business Description

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6111 Blue Circle Drive, Minnetonka, MN, USA, 55343-9108
Electro-Sensors Inc is engaged in manufacturing and selling a variety of monitoring systems that measure actual machine production and operation rates, as well as systems that regulate the speed of related machines in production processes. Its speed monitoring systems compare revolutions per minute or speed against acceptable rates as determined by a customer. It also includes a line of products that measure production counts or rates, such as parts, gallons, or board feet, alarm systems, tachometers, and other devices that translate impulses from the sensors into alarm signals, computer inputs, or digital displays that are usable by the customer.
Executives
Patricia Nancy Peterson 10 percent owner 6005 ERIN TERRACE, EDINA MN 55439
Paul Rodney Peterson 10 percent owner 227 CEDAR DRIVE WEST, HUDSON WI 54016
John Eberhart Peterson 10 percent owner 815 BUTTONBUSH LANE, NAPLES FL 34108
Michael C. Zipoy director 6111 BLUE CIRCLE DR, MINNETONKA MN 55343
Lynne Elizabeth Peterson 10 percent owner 10254 NOTTINGHAM TRAIL, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Estate Of Nancy P. Peterson 10 percent owner C/O 15708 WOODKNOLL LANE, MINNETONKA MN 55345
Michael Hochman officer: VP of Casino Card Operations 1100 CANTERBURY ROAD, SHAKOPEE MN 55379
Nancy P. Peterson 10 percent owner 905 MAIN STREET, HOPKINS MN 55343
Nicholas John Swenson 10 percent owner 5000 WEST 36TH STREET, SUITE 130, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Scott A. Gabbard director 6111 BLUE CIRCLE DRIVE, MINNETONKA MN 55343
David L Klenk director 6111 BLUE CIRCLE DRIVE, MINNETONKA MN 55343
Robert W Heller director 10992 MOUNT CURVE ROAD, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Jeffrey Dean Peterson director 15708 WOODKNOLL LANE, MINNETONKA MN 55345
Geoffrey W Miller director 12735 42ND PLACE N, PLAYMOUTH MN 55442-2350
John S Strom director