What is Whitestone REIT Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Whitestone REIT's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,251.9 Mil.
Whitestone REIT's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $52.8 Mil. Whitestone REIT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.21%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Whitestone REIT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
WSR'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.79 Med: 3.11 Max: 6.42
Current: 4.36
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Whitestone REIT was 6.42%. The lowest was 1.79%. And the median was 3.11%.
WSR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 63.87% of 894
companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.845
vs WSR: 4.36
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) %. Whitestone REIT's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.23%. 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.
Whitestone REIT Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Whitestone REIT'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.
Competitive Comparison of Whitestone REIT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Whitestone REIT'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.
Whitestone REIT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the REITs Industry
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Whitestone REIT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Whitestone REIT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Whitestone REITs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Whitestone REIT'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 $52.8 Mil.
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.
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Whitestone REIT (Whitestone REIT) Business Description
Whitestone REIT is a real estate investment trust (REIT) engaged in owning and operating commercial properties in culturally diverse markets in metropolitan areas. Its property portfolio includes retail and office/flex properties. The company's properties are located in business-friendly locations in and around Austin, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Phoenix, and San Antonio. The organization derives revenue in the form of rental revenues.
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