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iSign Media Solutions (STU:IMS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -16.18% (As of Jan. 2023)


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What is iSign Media Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

iSign Media Solutions's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 was €7.87 Mil. iSign Media Solutions's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2023 was €-0.63 Mil. iSign Media Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 was -16.18%.

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

STU:IMS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.33
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. iSign Media Solutions's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 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.


iSign Media Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for iSign Media Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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iSign Media Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

iSign Media Solutions Annual Data
Trend Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -9.50 -11.48 -7.05 -6.44 -9.78

iSign Media Solutions Quarterly Data
Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23
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 -15.55 -9.78 -17.27 -19.23 -16.18

Competitive Comparison of iSign Media Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Application subindustry, iSign Media Solutions'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.


iSign Media Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, iSign Media Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where iSign Media Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



iSign Media Solutions 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.

iSign Media Solutionss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.178/7.846249
=-15.01 %

iSign Media Solutions's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-0.63 Mil.



iSign Media Solutions  (STU:IMS) 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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iSign Media Solutions (STU:IMS) Business Description

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105 West Beaver Creek Road, Suite 303, Richmond Hill, ON, CAN, L4B 1C6
iSign Media Solutions Inc is a data-focused Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company. It is engaged in gathering point-of-sale data and mobile shopper preferences to generate actionable data and reveal valuable consumer insights. It mainly offers two solutions, which includes Smart Antenna which utilizes Bluetooth and Wi-Fi location-aware technology and Interactive Marketing System which uses Bluetooth. Most of its revenue is generated from North America.

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