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DTS (DTSI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.18% (As of Sep. 2016)


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What is DTS Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

DTS's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $845.9 Mil. DTS's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was $-1.5 Mil. DTS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was -0.18%.

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

DTSI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.19
* 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) %. DTS's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 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.


DTS Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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DTS Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

DTS Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.12 -3.01 2.05 3.60 -2.40

DTS Quarterly Data
Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16
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 1.71 -2.40 -2.42 -1.14 -0.18

Competitive Comparison of DTS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Application subindustry, DTS'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.


DTS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



DTS 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.

DTSs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-11.709/487.39518
=-2.40 %

DTS's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.5 Mil.



DTS  (NAS:DTSI) 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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DTS (DTSI) Business Description

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DTS Inc, a Delaware corporation, was founded in 1990. It commenced its operations as Digital Theater Systems Corporation. It is a audio solutions provider for high-definition entertainment experiences-anytime, anywhere, on any device. Its audio solutions are designed to enable recording, delivery and playback of simple, personalized, and immersive high-definition audio and are incorporated by hundreds of licensee customers around the world into an array of consumer electronics devices, including televisions ("TVs"), personal computers ("PCs"), smartphones, tablets, digital media players, video game consoles, Blu-ray Disc players, audio/video receivers ("AVRs"), soundbars, DVD based products, automotive audio systems, set-top-boxes ("STBs"), and home theater systems. The Company also provides a suite of audio processing technologies designed to enhance the entertainment experience for users of consumer electronics products subject to physical limitations, such as TVs, PCs and mobile electronics. In addition, it provides products and services to motion picture studios, radio and TV broadcasters, game developers and other content creators to facilitate the inclusion of compelling, realistic DTS-encoded soundtracks within their content. The Comnpany's competitor is Dolby Laboratories, who develops and markets, among other things, high-definition audio products and services.
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