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Inteliquent (Inteliquent) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 13.23% (As of Sep. 2016)


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What is Inteliquent Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Inteliquent's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $435.1 Mil. Inteliquent's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was $57.5 Mil. Inteliquent's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 13.23%.

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

IQNT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.51
* 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) %. Inteliquent'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.


Inteliquent Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Inteliquent Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Inteliquent 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 24.51 -71.94 26.81 11.45 12.05

Inteliquent 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 9.67 12.05 13.26 9.94 13.23

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

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Inteliquent'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.


Inteliquent's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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



Inteliquent 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=59.44/493.19307
=12.05 %

Inteliquent'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 $57.5 Mil.



Inteliquent  (NAS:IQNT) 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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Inteliquent (Inteliquent) Business Description

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Inteliquent Inc was incorporated on April 19, 2001 in Delaware and commenced its operations in 2004. The Company provides voice telecommunications services on a wholesale basis. It offers telecommunication services using an all-IP network, which enables it to deliver connectivity for a variety of media, including voice, and historically data and video. The Company's solutions enable carriers and other providers to deliver voice traffic or other services where it does not own a network or elect not to use their own network. These solutions are sometimes called off-net services. The Company also provides its solutions to customers, such as over-the-top providers, who also typically do not have their own network. Its services include Local Transit Service, Long Distance Service, Switched Access Service, International Voice Service, Direct Inward Dialing Service, 8XX (Toll-Free) Service. Its customers include AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. Its competitors are the traditional ILECs (AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink), other competitive carriers that provide tandem or similar services (Level 3, Peerless Network, and Hypercube), and direct connections between carriers. It is subject to the jurisdiction of both federal and state regulatory agencies, which have the authority to review prices, terms and conditions of service.
Executives
Matthew Jr Carter director, officer: President and CEO 550 W ADAMS, STE 900, CHICAGO IL 60661
Lauren F Wright director C/O COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC., 810 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 3500, NEW YORK NY 10019
Kurt Abkemeier officer: Chief Financial Officer / EVP C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Peter J Barris director 1119 ST PAUL STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
C Richard Kramlich 10 percent owner 1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE, SUITE 600, TIMONIUM MD 21093
New Enterprise Associates 10 L P 10 percent owner
Nea Partners 10 L P 10 percent owner 1119 ST PAUL STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Scott D Sandell 10 percent owner
M James Barrett 10 percent owner 1119 ST PAUL STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Newhall Charles W Iii 10 percent owner 1119 ST PAUL ST, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Mark W Perry 10 percent owner
Trainor Iii Eugene A 10 percent owner NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES, 1119 ST PAUL STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202

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