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The Meet Group (The Meet Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.53% (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is The Meet Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

The Meet Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $445.5 Mil. The Meet Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 was $24.5 Mil. The Meet Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 5.53%.

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

MEET' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -37.39   Med: 3.12   Max: 5.45
Current: 5.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The Meet Group was 5.45%. The lowest was -37.39%. And the median was 3.12%.

MEET's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 0 vs MEET: 5.45

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) %. The Meet Group'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.


The Meet Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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The Meet Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

The Meet Group Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.46 6.84 -24.27 1.29 4.74

The Meet Group 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) % 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 4.24 5.69 4.74 3.61 5.53

Competitive Comparison of The Meet Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, The Meet Group'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.


The Meet Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, The Meet Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Meet Group 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=17.564/368.28956
=4.77 %

The Meet Group'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 $24.5 Mil.



The Meet Group  (NAS:MEET) 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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The Meet Group (The Meet Group) Business Description

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Address
100 Union Square Drive, New Hope, PA, USA, 18938
The Meet Group Inc is a leading provider of interactive livestreaming solutions designed to meet the universal need for human connection. The company's ecosystem of livestreaming apps enables users to interact through one-to-many livestreaming broadcasts and text-based conversations. The apps, MeetMe, LOVOO, Skout, Tagged and Growlr deliver live interactions and meaningful connections to millions of users daily.
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