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FalconStor Software (FalconStor Software) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.96% (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is FalconStor Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

FalconStor Software's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $25.59 Mil. FalconStor Software's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 was $-0.25 Mil. FalconStor Software's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was -0.96%.

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

FALC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -55.97   Med: -2.37   Max: 29.9
Current: -1.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of FalconStor Software was 29.90%. The lowest was -55.97%. And the median was -2.37%.

FALC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
64.01% of 2845 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs FALC: -1.80

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) %. FalconStor Software's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 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.


FalconStor Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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FalconStor Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

FalconStor Software 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 -1.99 3.25 4.32 -5.69 16.67

FalconStor Software Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 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 -4.67 -5.69 -1.88 -0.96 -

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, FalconStor Software'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.


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

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

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



FalconStor Software 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1.42/8.5183406
=16.67 %

FalconStor Software's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.25 Mil.



FalconStor Software  (OTCPK:FALC) 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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FalconStor Software (FalconStor Software) Business Description

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Address
501 Congress Avenue, Suite 150, Austin, TX, USA, 78701
FalconStor Software Inc operates in the trusted data protection software industry. The company enables enterprise customers and managed service providers to secure, migrate, and protect their data while reducing data storage and long-term retention costs. The products are offered through and supported by a worldwide network of managed service providers, systems integrators, resellers, and original equipment manufacturers. It's software products create investment protection, flexibility, and leverage of modern cloud-based technologies, through software-defined functionality that provides backup and long-term retention, and business continuity driven data replication. The company's geographical markets are the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Others.
Executives
Robert Todd Brooks officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O NOVATION COMPANIES, INC., 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, SUITE 2S01, MELVILLE NY 11747
Vincent Sita officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC., 701 BRAZOS STREET, SUITE 400, AUSTIN TX 78701
Michael P Kelly director
Brad Wolfe officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC., 701 BRAZOS STREET, SUITE 400, AUSTIN TX 78701
Hcp-fva, Llc director, 10 percent owner 17 STATE STREET, SUITE 3230, NEW YORK NY 10004
Esw Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 401 CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 2650, AUSTIN TX 78701
Joseph Liemandt 10 percent owner 5001 PLAZA ON THE LAKE, AUSTIN TX 78746
Patrick Mcclain officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer C/O FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC., 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, SUITE 2S01, MELVILLE NY 11747
Todd Oseth officer: CEO & President C/O MCDATA CORPORATION, 380 INTERLOCKEN CRESCENT, BROOMFIELD CO 80021
William D Miller director
Barry Rudolph director 1351 S SUNSET STREET, LONGMONT CO 80501
Daniel Murale officer: VP of Finance & Interim CFO C/O FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC., 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, SUITE 2S01, MELVILLE NY 11747
Gary Quinn officer: COO and EVP C/O COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTER INC, ONE COMPUTER ASSOC PLAZA, ISLANDIA NY 11749
Alan Komet officer: EVP Worldwide Field Operations 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, MELVILLE NY 11747
Hale Martin M Jr director, 10 percent owner