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RF Industries (RF Industries) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -7.69% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is RF Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

RF Industries's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $61.25 Mil. RF Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $-4.71 Mil. RF Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -7.69%.

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

RFIL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -23.07   Med: 3.64   Max: 19.26
Current: -7.79

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of RF Industries was 19.26%. The lowest was -23.07%. And the median was 3.64%.

RFIL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
89.72% of 3036 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.42 vs RFIL: -7.79

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) %. RF Industries's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.


RF Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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RF Industries Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

RF Industries Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.21 -1.36 6.79 2.63 -6.28

RF Industries Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 1.67 1.65 -3.03 -6.28 -7.69

Competitive Comparison of RF Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, RF Industries'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.


RF Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, RF Industries's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



RF Industries 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.

RF Industriess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-3.797/60.461872
=-6.28 %

RF Industries's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4.71 Mil.



RF Industries  (NAS:RFIL) 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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RF Industries (RF Industries) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7610 Miramar Road, Building 6000, San Diego, CA, USA, 92126-4202
RF Industries Ltd is engaged in the design, manufacture, and marketing of interconnect products and systems, including coaxial and specialty cables, fiber optic cables and connectors, and electrical and electronic specialty cables. The company operates through two segments: RF Connector and Cable Assembly, which consists of the Connector and Cable Assembly Division, and Custom Cabling Manufacturing and Assembly, which consists of its subsidiaries. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.
Executives
Robert D Dawson officer: President and CEO 7610 MIRAMAR RD., BLDG. 6000, SAN DIEGO CA 92126
Mark Holdsworth director 140 S. LAKE AVE., STE. 304, PASADENA CA 91101
Kay Lee Tidwell director C/O HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES, INC., 11601 WILSHIRE BLVD. SUITE 1600, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Jason Cohenour director 47669 FREMONT BLVD, FREMONT CA 94538
Ray Michael Bibisi officer: Chief Operating Officer 7610 MIRAMAR RD, BLDG 6000, SAN DIEGO CA 92126
Sheryl Lynn Cefali director 7610 MIRAMAR RD, BLDG 6000, SAN DIEGO CA 92126
Edward Joseph Benoit director 7610 MIRAMAR ROAD, BUILDING 6000, SAN DIEGO CA 92126
Marvin Fink director 7610 MIRAMAR RD., SAN DIEGO CA 92126
Howard F Hill officer: President, CEO 7610 MIRAMAR RD, SUITE 6000, SAN DIEGO CA 92126-4202
Peter Yin officer: Chief Financial Officer 7610 MIRAMAR ROAD, SUITE 6000, SAN DIEGO CA 92126
Gerald T Garland director
Mark Turfler officer: Acting Chief Financial Officer 7610 MIRAMAR ROAD, BUILDING 6000, SAN DIEGO CA 92126
William Reynolds director 7610 MIRAMAR ROAD, BLDG. 6000, SAN DIEGO CA 92126
Johnny Carl Walker officer: President 2217 RAVINIA DRIVE, ARLINGTON TX 76012
James Doss officer: Chief Financial Officer 1 CORPORATE DRIVE, SUITE C, CRANBURY NJ 08512