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Immersion (Immersion) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 28.82% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Immersion Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Immersion's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $62.27 Mil. Immersion's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.76 Mil. Immersion's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 28.82%.

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

IMMR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -34.96   Med: 1.72   Max: 186.03
Current: 27.03

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Immersion was 186.03%. The lowest was -34.96%. And the median was 1.72%.

IMMR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
96.24% of 2845 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs IMMR: 27.03

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) %. Immersion'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.


Immersion Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Immersion Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Immersion Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -14.79 0.90 29.85 31.55 28.82

Immersion 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) % 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 31.55 16.89 33.11 31.95 28.82

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Immersion'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.


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

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

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



Immersion 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=17.927/62.27174
=28.79 %

Immersion'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 $17.76 Mil.



Immersion  (NAS:IMMR) 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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Immersion (Immersion) Business Description

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Address
2999 N.E. 191st Street, Suite 610, Aventura, FL, USA, 33180
Immersion Corp is focused on the creation, design, development, and licensing of innovative haptic technologies that allow people to use its sense of touch more fully as they engage with products and experience the digital world. The company's software focuses on applications in mobile devices, wearables, consumer, and gaming devices markets. It generates revenue from royalty and license fees, and development contract and service fees. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from Korea.
Executives
Aaron Akerman officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
J Michael Dodson officer: Chief Financial Officer 1220 N. SIMON CIRCLE, ANAHEIM CA 92806
Emily Hoffman director 2999 N.E. 191ST STREET, SUITE 610, AVENTURA FL 33180
Francis Jose officer: General Counsel 385 RIVER OAKS PARKWAY, APT # 2106, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Eric Singer 10 percent owner 323 SUNNY ISLES BLVD., SUITE 700, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
William C Martin officer: Chief Strategy Officer C/O RAGING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, TEN PRINCETON AVENUE, PO BOX 228, ROCKY HILL NJ 08553
Childress Frederick Wasch director 330 TOWNSEND STREET, SUITE 234, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Elias Nader director 1778 MCCARTHY BLVD., C/O SIGMA DESIGNS, INC., MILPITAS CA 95035
Sumit Agarwal director C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Mary Dotz director 280 N BERNARDO AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Jared Smith officer: Interim CEO/VP Worldwide Sales C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Viex Special Opportunities Fund Ii, Lp 10 percent owner C/O VIEX CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC, 825 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Michael Rudolf Okada officer: General Counsel C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Viex Opportunities Fund, Lp Series One 10 percent owner C/O VIEX CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC, 825 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Sharon E Holt director C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134