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PAL (Proficient Auto Logistics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Proficient Auto Logistics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Proficient Auto Logistics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $450.11 Mil. Proficient Auto Logistics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was $-0.42 Mil. Proficient Auto Logistics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.00%.

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

PAL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.1   Med: 0.54   Max: 1.93
Current: -0.1

During the past 1 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Proficient Auto Logistics was 1.93%. The lowest was -0.10%. And the median was 0.54%.

PAL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
87.95% of 996 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.88 vs PAL: -0.10

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) %. Proficient Auto Logistics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 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.


Proficient Auto Logistics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Proficient Auto Logistics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Proficient Auto Logistics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Proficient Auto Logistics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Proficient Auto Logistics'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.


Proficient Auto Logistics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Proficient Auto Logistics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Proficient Auto Logistics 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.

Proficient Auto Logisticss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0/0
= %

Proficient Auto Logistics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.42 Mil.



Proficient Auto Logistics  (NAS:PAL) 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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Proficient Auto Logistics Business Description

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Address
12276 San Jose Boulevard, Suite 426, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 32223
Proficient Auto Logistics Inc is a non-union, specialized freight company focused on providing auto transportation and logistics services. The company operates auto transportation fleets in North America based upon information obtained from the Auto Haulers Association of America, utilizing auto transport vehicles and trailers daily, including Company-owned transport vehicles and trailers. The reportable segments of the company are Truckload and Brokerage. The company derives maximum revenue from the brokerage segment that retains the customer relationship, including billing and collection, and outsources the transportation of the loads to third-party carriers.