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Jive Software (Jive Software) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -3.12% (As of Mar. 2017)


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

Jive Software's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $221.8 Mil. Jive Software's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 was $-6.9 Mil. Jive Software's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was -3.12%.

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

JIVE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.185
* 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) %. Jive Software's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 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.


Jive Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Jive Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Jive Software Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -5.76 -11.12 -16.18 -16.00 -5.39

Jive Software Quarterly Data
Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17
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 -18.12 -15.82 -9.17 -5.39 -3.12

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Jive 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.


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

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

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



Jive 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.

Jive Softwares Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-12.611/234.0509
=-5.39 %

Jive Software's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-6.9 Mil.



Jive Software  (NAS:JIVE) 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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Jive Software Inc is an American company which provides communication and collaboration solutions for business. It sells products through a direct sales force, both domestically and internationally. The company's products are primarily offered on a subscription basis, deployable in a private or public cloud and used for internal or external communities. Organizations deploy the company's products to improve the level of engagement, the quality of interaction and the overall relationship they have with their employees, customers and partners. The company generates revenues from product subscription license fees as well as from professional service fees for strategic consulting, configuration, implementation and training.
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