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Inuvo (INUV) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -18.83% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Inuvo's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $55.15 Mil. Inuvo's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-10.38 Mil. Inuvo's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -18.83%.

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

INUV' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -67.66   Med: -12.28   Max: 9.17
Current: -25.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Inuvo was 9.17%. The lowest was -67.66%. And the median was -12.28%.

INUV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
86.65% of 1049 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.86 vs INUV: -25.25

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) %. Inuvo's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


Inuvo Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Inuvo'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.

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Inuvo Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -21.79 -18.76 -14.62 -57.80 -18.83

Inuvo Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -57.80 -40.65 -56.18 -50.76 -18.83

Competitive Comparison

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Inuvo'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.


Inuvo Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Inuvo's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Inuvo 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-10.378/55.1472
=-18.82 %

Inuvo'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 $-10.38 Mil.



Inuvo  (AMEX:INUV) 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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Inuvo (INUV) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
500 President Clinton Avenue, Suite 300, Little Rock, AR, USA, 72201
Inuvo Inc develops and sells information technology solutions for marketing. It develops technology to deliver content and targeted advertisements over the internet. Its products and services include ValidClick and IntentKey. The company's platforms identify and message online audiences for any product or service across devices, channels, and formats, including video, mobile, connected TV, display, social, and native. It has clients from various industries that include retail, automotive, insurance, health care, technology, telecommunications, and finance. Its ValidClick platform provides marketing services to Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft. Geographically all its operations function through the United States.
Executives
Barry Lowenthal officer: President 500 PRESIDENT CLINTON AVE., SUITE 300, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Kenneth Ewell Lee director 500 PRESIDENT CLINTON AVE., SUITE 300, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Jonathan Bond director C/O SITO MOBILE, LTD., 100 TOWN SQUARE PLACE, SUITE 204, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
Charles D Morgan director, 10 percent owner 3530 GILLESPIE STREET, DALLAS TX 75219
John B Pisaris officer: General Counsel C/O MIVA, INC., 5220 SUMMERLIN COMMONS BLVD., SUITE 500, FORT MYERS FL 33907
Barrett Don Walker Iii officer: Chief Operating Officer 143 VARICK STREET, NEW YORK NY 10013
Richard K Howe director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1 INFORMATION WAY, LITTLE ROCK AR 72202
Gordon J Cameron director 8415 WEMBLEY CT., CHAGRIN FALLS OH 44023
G Kent Burnett director 1600 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Patrick Terrell 10 percent owner
Tocqueville Asset Management L.p. other: Director-by-Deputization 40 WEST 57TH STREET, 19TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Andrea Haldeman officer: Chief Revenue Officer 500 PRESIDENT CLINTON AVE., SUITE 300, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Netseer Inc 10 percent owner 5104 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 108, Santa Clara CA 95054
Wallace D Ruiz officer: CFO
Charles L Pope director 4902 EISENHOWER BOULEVARD, TAMPA FL 33634