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Groupon (Groupon) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -5.07% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Groupon's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $546.5 Mil. Groupon's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-27.7 Mil. Groupon's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -5.07%.

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

GRPN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -99.98   Med: -1.73   Max: 21.54
Current: -5.12

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Groupon was 21.54%. The lowest was -99.98%. And the median was -1.73%.

GRPN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
63.54% of 576 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0 vs GRPN: -5.12

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) %. Groupon'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.


Groupon Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Groupon'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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Groupon 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 1.03 -32.47 17.42 -54.35 -5.07

Groupon 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 -54.35 -61.73 -23.53 -9.57 -5.07

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Groupon'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.


Groupon Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Groupon 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-27.708/546.498804
=-5.07 %

Groupon'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 $-27.7 Mil.



Groupon  (NAS:GRPN) 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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Groupon (Groupon) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400, Chicago, IL, USA, 60654
Groupon acts as the middleman between consumers and merchants, offering a variety of products and services at discounts via its online store. It offers consumers daily deals from local merchants. It generates revenue from the take rate on the vouchers' purchase and/or usage. More than 60% of Groupon's revenue comes from North America.
Executives
Dusan Senkypl other: See Footnote 1 and Remarks JESTRABI 493, OSNICE, JESENICE 2N 252 42
Jason Harinstein director C/O ARK GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP., 4235 HILLSBORO PIKE, SUITE 300, NASHVILLE TN 37215
Kyle Netzly officer: Interim CAO 600 W CHICAGO AVE, CHICAGO IL 60654
Jiri Ponrt officer: Chief Financial Officer 600 W CHICAGO AVE, CHICAGO IL 60654
Jan Barta other: See Footnote 1 NA BATERIICH 104/35, BREVNOV, PRAGUE 2N 16200
Pale Fire Capital Sicav A.s. 10 percent owner ZATECKA 55/14, JOSEFOV, PRAGUE 2N 110 00
Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. 10 percent owner 21 ST. CLAIR AVENUE EAST, SUITE 1100, TORONTO A6 M4T 1L9
Xavier Majic 10 percent owner 21 ST. CLAIR AVENUE EAST, SUITE 1100, TORONTO A6 A6 M4T 1L9
Rpd Opportunity Fund Lp 10 percent owner 767 THIRD AVE, 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Rpd Fund Management Llc 10 percent owner 767 THIRD AVE, 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Ahmet H Okumus 10 percent owner C/O OKUMUS FUND MANAGEMENT LTD., 767 THIRD AVENUE, 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Pale Fire Capital Se other: See Footnote 1 and Remarks ZATECKA 55/14, JOSEFOV, PRAGUE 2N 110 00
Kerrie Dvorak officer: Interim CAO 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60654
Robert J Bass director C/O GROUPON, INC., 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 620, CHICAGO IL 60654
Deborah Wahl director 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60654

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