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Blackbaud (Blackbaud) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 1.06% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Blackbaud's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,438 Mil. Blackbaud's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $58 Mil. Blackbaud's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.06%.

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

BLKB' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.53   Med: 1.32   Max: 3.6
Current: 1.18

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Blackbaud was 3.60%. The lowest was -0.53%. And the median was 1.32%.

BLKB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
50.11% of 2848 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.195 vs BLKB: 1.18

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) %. Blackbaud's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -5.36%. 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.


Blackbaud Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blackbaud'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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Blackbaud 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 0.70 1.17 0.50 -0.49 1.06

Blackbaud 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 -0.49 -0.49 -0.49 0.16 1.06

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Blackbaud'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.


Blackbaud Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Blackbaud 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=57.566/5437.82018
=1.06 %

Blackbaud'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 $58 Mil.



Blackbaud  (NAS:BLKB) 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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Blackbaud (Blackbaud) Business Description

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65 Fairchild Street, Charleston, SC, USA, 29492
Founded in 1981, Blackbaud provides software solutions designed to serve the "social good" community, including nonprofits, foundations, corporations, educational institutions, healthcare institutions, and individual change agents. Through M&A and organic product development efforts, the company has also moved into related areas outside of core fund raising, notably into K-12 schools. The firm enables more than $100 billion in donations annually across a customer base in excess of 40,000 customers in over 100 countries.
Executives
Sarah E Nash director 200 MILIK STREET, CARTERET NJ 07008
Michael P Gianoni director, officer: President and CEO 2000 DANIEL ISLAND DRIVE, CHARLESTON SC 29492
George H Ellis director 2911 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1100, DALLAS TX 75219
Kevin P. Gregoire officer: Pres. Enterprise Market Group 255 FISERV DRIVE, BROOKFIELD WI 53045
David J Benjamin officer: EVP, Chief Commercial Officer C/O BLACKBAUD INC., 65 FAIRCHILD STREET, CHARLESTON SC 29492
Jon W Olson officer: General Counsel C/O BLACKBAUD, INC., 2000 DANIEL ISLAND DRIVE, CHARLESTON SC 29492
Kevin Mcdearis officer: Chief Products Officer C/O BLACKBAUD, INC., 65 FAIRCHILD STREET, CHARLESTON SC 29492
Anthony W Boor officer: CFO and Senior VP C/O BRIGHTPOINT INC, 7635 INTERACTIVE WAY, SUITE 200, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46278
Kevin W Mooney officer: Sr VP&Chief Commercial Officer
Rupal S Hollenbeck director C/O BLACKBAUD, INC., 65 FAIRCHILD STREET, CHARLESTON SC 29492
Yogesh K Gupta director C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Clearlake Capital Group, L.p. 10 percent owner 233 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 800, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Behdad Eghbali 10 percent owner 233 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 850, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Jose Enrique Feliciano 10 percent owner C/O CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC, 650 MADISON AVE., 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Joyce Nelson director C/O BLACKBAUD, INC., 2000 DANIEL ISLAND DRIVE, CHARLESTON SC 29492