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SFM (Sprouts Farmers Market) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.65% (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Sprouts Farmers Market Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sprouts Farmers Market's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $14,026 Mil. Sprouts Farmers Market's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $512 Mil. Sprouts Farmers Market's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 3.65%.

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

SFM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.65   Med: 6.25   Max: 10.89
Current: 2.86

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sprouts Farmers Market was 10.89%. The lowest was 2.65%. And the median was 6.25%.

SFM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
74.14% of 321 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 6.25 vs SFM: 2.86

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) %. Sprouts Farmers Market's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 13.95%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five 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.


Sprouts Farmers Market Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sprouts Farmers Market's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Sprouts Farmers Market Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sprouts Farmers Market Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.68 7.33 7.71 5.63 3.65

Sprouts Farmers Market Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 5.63 5.11 4.47 3.83 3.65

Competitive Comparison of Sprouts Farmers Market's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Sprouts Farmers Market'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.


Sprouts Farmers Market's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Sprouts Farmers Market's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.


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Sprouts Farmers Market 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.

Sprouts Farmers Markets Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=511.704/14026.41485
=3.65 %

Sprouts Farmers Market's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $512 Mil.



Sprouts Farmers Market  (NAS:SFM) 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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Sprouts Farmers Market Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5455 East High Street, Suite 111, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85054
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc offers a specialty grocery experience featuring an open layout with fresh produce at the heart of the store. Sprouts inspire wellness naturally with a carefully curated assortment products paired with purpose-driven people. The company continues to bring products made with lifestyle-friendly ingredients such as organic, plant-based, and gluten-free. It approximately has 407 stores in nearly 23 states. The Company has one operating segment that is healthy grocery stores.
Executives
Jack Sinclair director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 800 WEST 1ST STREET, APT. 2308, LOS ANGELES CA 90012
Timmi Zalatoris officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Nicholas Konat officer: President & COO 10850 VIA FRONTERA, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
James H Bahrenburg officer: Chief Technology Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Brandon F. Lombardi officer: Chief Legal Officer 11811 N. TATUM BOULEVARD SUITE 2400, PHOENIX AZ 85028
Stacy W. Hilgendorf officer: VP, Controller 14624 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Douglas Gregory Rauch director 54 WILDE ROAD, WABAN MA 02468
David Mcglinchey officer: Chief Merchandising Officer 5455 E. HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
John Scott Neal officer: Chief Fresh Merchandising Off. 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Alisa Gmelich officer: SVP, Chief Marketing Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Kim Coffin officer: SVP, Chief Forager 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Joseph L Hurley officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Joe Fortunato director 300 SIXTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Joseph D O'leary director 19601 N 27TH AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85027
Terri F Graham director C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC, 9330 BALVOA AVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123