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InnerWorkings (InnerWorkings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 1.62% (As of Jun. 2020)
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InnerWorkings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $207 Mil. InnerWorkings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 was $3 Mil. InnerWorkings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 1.62%.

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

INWK's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 2.57
* 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) %. InnerWorkings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 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.


InnerWorkings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for InnerWorkings'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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InnerWorkings Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.22 3.11 4.98 -22.47 2.10

InnerWorkings Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
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 -18.48 -5.81 2.10 4.91 1.62

Competitive Comparison

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, InnerWorkings'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.


InnerWorkings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



InnerWorkings 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.

InnerWorkingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=7.722/448.03783
=1.72 %

InnerWorkings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3 Mil.



InnerWorkings  (NAS:INWK) 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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InnerWorkings (InnerWorkings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1800, Chicago, IL, USA, 60601
InnerWorkings Inc is a marketing supply-chain company that provides marketing solutions, such as advertising materials, branded merchandise, product packaging, and retail displays. The company has three geographical reportable segments namely North America, EMEA, and LATAM. It generates maximum revenue from North America segment. The company operates a software platform called VALO that enables customers to a source, produce, monitor, and analyze their marketing plan with the company.
Executives
Richard S Stoddart director, officer: President and CEO C/O HASBRO, INC., 1011 NEWPORT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET RI 02861
Adan Pope officer: Chief Technology Officer 203 NORTH LASALLE CHICAGO IL 60601
Renae Chorzempa officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O INNERWORKINGS, INC. 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE CHICAGO IL 60654
Oren B. Azar officer: EVP and General Counsel 600 WEST CHICAGO AVE #850 CHICAGO IL 60654
Marc Zenner director 1000 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 3850, HOUSTON TX 77002
Ronald Provenzano officer: Head of Operations C/O INNERWORKINGS, INC. 600 W. CHICAGO AVE. #850 CHICAGO IL 60654
Lindsay Y Corby director 180 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 300, CHICAGO IL 60601
Charles K Bobrinskoy director C/O INNERWORKINGS, INC., 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60654
Donald W Pearson officer: Executive VP and CFO 425 N. MARTINGALE ROAD SUITE 2050 SCHAUMBURG IL 60173-2213
John Bosshart officer: Chief Accounting Officer 500 W. MADISON STREET, #1000, CHICAGO IL 60661
David Fisher director 39 SOUTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 220, CHICAGO IL 60605
Julie Howard director MANPOWERGROUP INC., 100 MANPOWER PLACE, MILWAUKEE WI 53212
Adam J Gutstein director 875 N. MICHIGAN AVE. STE 3000 CHICAGO IL 60611
Jack M Greenberg director 333 WEST WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60606
Kirt P Karros director 12400 HIGH BLUFF DR. SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92130