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Con-way (Con-way) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 10.55% (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Con-way Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Con-way's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $2,486 Mil. Con-way's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was $262 Mil. Con-way's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 10.55%.

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

CNW's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 6.95
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Con-way's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 11.39%. 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.


Con-way Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Con-way Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Con-way Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.15 10.42 12.00 8.26 8.45

Con-way Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 7.59 8.66 8.45 9.93 10.55

Competitive Comparison of Con-way's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Trucking subindustry, Con-way'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.


Con-way's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Con-way's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Con-way 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.

Con-ways Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=264.153/3141.450682
=8.41 %

Con-way's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $262 Mil.



Con-way  (NYSE:CNW) 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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Con-way (Con-way) Business Description

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Con-way Inc was incorporated in Delaware in 1958. The Company and its subsidiaries provide transportation, logistics and supply-chain management services to various manufacturing, industrial and retail customers. Its business units operate in regional, inter-regional and transcontinental less-than-truckload and full-truckload freight transportation, contract logistics and supply-chain management, multimodal freight brokerage, and trailer manufacturing. The Company operates under three reporting segments: Freight, Logistics and Truckload. The Freight segment consists of the operating results of the Con-way Freight business unit. Con-way Freight is a less-than-truckload motor carrier that utilizes a network of freight service centers to provide day-definite regional, inter-regional and transcontinental less-than-truckload freight services throughout North America. LTL carriers transport shipments from multiple shippers utilizing a network of freight service centers combined with a fleet of linehaul and pickup-and-delivery tractors and trailers. LTL shipments weigh between 100 and 15,000 pounds. In 2013, Con-way Freight's average weight per shipment was 1,334 pounds. The Logistics segment consists of the operating results of the Menlo Worldwide Logistics business unit. Menlo develops contract-logistics solutions, which include managing complex distribution networks, and providing supply-chain engineering and consulting, and multimodal freight brokerage services. Menlo's supply-chain management offerings are mainly related to transportation-management and contract-warehousing services. The Truckload segment consists of the operating results of the Con-way Truckload business unit. Con-way Truckload is a full-truckload motor carrier that utilizes a fleet of tractors and trailers to provide short- and long-haul, asset-based transportation services throughout North America. Con-way Truckload provides dry-van transportation services to manufacturing, industrial and retail customers while using single drivers as well as two-person driver teams over long-haul routes, with each trailer containing only one customer's goods. On average, Con-way Truckload transports shipments more than 800 miles from origin to destination. Under its regional service offering, Con-way Truckload transports truckload shipments between 100 and 600 miles, including local-area service for truckload shipments of less than 100 miles. It competes with regional and national LTL companies, some of which are subsidiaries of integrated transportation service providers, domestic and foreign logistics companies, truckload carriers, railroads and private fleets. The Company is subject to various federal, state and local, as well as foreign, laws and regulations that apply to its business activities.
Executives
John C Pope director 810 S. RIDGE RD, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Gretchen W Mcclain director XYLEM INC., 1133 WESTCHESTER AVENUE, SUITE N200, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
Phipps Paul Cody director 2211 OLD EARHART ROAD, SUITE 100, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Stephen K Krull officer: EVP General Counsel&Secretary CON-WAY INC., 2211 OLD EARHART ROAD, SUITE 100, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Wayne Shurts director SYSCO CORPORATION, 1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77077
Roy W Templin director ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., 2500 COLUMBIA AVENUE, LANCASTER PA 17603
Michael Joseph Morris officer: SVP Finance & Treasurer 2211 OLD EARHART ROAD, SUITE 100, ANN ARBOR MI 19034
Matthew J Espe director
Stephen L Bruffett officer: EVP & CFO 3101 SOUTH PACKERLAND DRIVE, GREEN BAY WI 54313
Douglas Stotlar officer: President & CEO C/O RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO., 16100 N. 71ST STREET, SUITE 400, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Herbert J Schmidt officer: Executive Vice President 1950 LAKE RIDGE DRIVE, THE VILLAGES FL 32162
William R Corbin director CON-WAY INC., 2211 OLD EARHART ROAD, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Jennifer Pileggi officer: EVP, General Counsel & Sec CNF INC., 2855 CAMPUS DRIVE, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Robert Paul Wayman director C/O HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
John H Williford officer: Senior VP STEUART TOWER, 1 MARKET PLAZA, SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105