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Express, (Express,) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 26.32% (As of Oct. 2023)


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What is Express, Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Express,'s Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was $880 Mil. Express,'s EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2023 was $232 Mil. Express,'s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 26.32%.

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

EXPRQ' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -37.87   Med: 12.48   Max: 48.94
Current: 27.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Express, was 48.94%. The lowest was -37.87%. And the median was 12.48%.

EXPRQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
95.54% of 1120 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 4.78 vs EXPRQ: 27.25

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) %. Express,'s Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 0.00%. 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.


Express, Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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* 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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Express, Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Express, Annual Data
Trend Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.29 -1.10 -31.55 0.11 46.51

Express, Quarterly Data
Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23
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 -1.76 46.51 34.72 27.55 26.32

Competitive Comparison of Express,'s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Express,'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.


Express,'s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Express,'s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Express, 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.

Express,s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=343.39/737.4036
=46.57 %

Express,'s EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $232 Mil.



Express,  (OTCPK:EXPRQ) 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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Express, (Express,) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1 Express Drive, Columbus, OH, USA, 43230
Express, Inc. is a United States-based specialty apparel retailer. It offers apparel and accessories for work, casual, jeanswear, and going-out. The company also sells the products through its e-commerce website and mobile app, as well as through franchisees who operate company locations in Latin America according to the franchise agreements. It derives revenue from the sales of apparel, accessories and other products, of which a majority of the revenue from the sale of apparel.
Executives
Stewart Glendinning director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1 EXPRESS DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43230
Yehuda Shmidman director C/O ICONIX BRAND GROUP, INC., 1450 BROADWAY, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Satish Mehta director C/O CHEWY, INC., 7700 WEST SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION FL 33322
Jason N Judd officer: SVP, CFO and Treasurer 50 N THIRD ST, NEWARK OH 43055
Patricia E Lopez director 333 LUDLOW ST, STAMFORD CT 06902
Antonio Lucio director C/O EXPRESS INC., 1 EXPRESS DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43230
Laurel Krueger officer: Chief Legal Officer & Corp Sec ONE EXPRESS DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43230
Periclis Pericleous officer: SVP, CFO and Treasurer 1 EXPRESS DR., COLUMBUS OH 43230
Matthew C Moellering officer: EVP, CAO,CFO, Treasurer & Sec. C/O EXPRESS PARENT LLC, ONE LIMITED PARKWAY, COLUMBUS OH 43230
Malissa Akay officer: EVP, Chief Merch. Officer 1 EXPRESS DR., COLUMBUS OH 43230
Sara Tervo officer: EVP, Chief Marketing Officer 1 EXPRESS DR., COLUMBUS OH 43230
Timothy G Baxter director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O EXPRESS, INC., 1 EXPRESS DR., COLUMBUS OH 43230
Contrarius Investment Management Ltd 10 percent owner 2 BOND STREET, ST. HELIER Y9 JE2 3NP
Contrarius Investment Management (bermuda) Ltd 10 percent owner VICTORIA PLACE, 5TH FLOOR, 31 VICTORIA STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM 10
James A Hilt officer: EVP, CMO, and ECommerce 1 EXPRESS DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43230

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