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National Instruments (National Instruments) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.97% (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is National Instruments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

National Instruments's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $8,126 Mil. National Instruments's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 was $241 Mil. National Instruments's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 2.97%.

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

NATI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.56   Med: 3.16   Max: 8.58
Current: 2.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of National Instruments was 8.58%. The lowest was 0.56%. And the median was 3.16%.

NATI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.15 vs NATI: 2.85

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) %. National Instruments's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 1.82%. 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.


National Instruments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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National Instruments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

National Instruments Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.22 3.51 3.59 1.82 3.57

National Instruments Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
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 2.88 3.30 3.57 2.99 2.97

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, National Instruments'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.


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

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

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National Instruments 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.

National Instrumentss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=188.467/5280.3445
=3.57 %

National Instruments'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 $241 Mil.



National Instruments  (NAS:NATI) 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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National Instruments (National Instruments) Business Description

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National Instruments provides testing and measurement equipment and integrated, software-led solutions to serve high-complexity automated testing in late product development. NI serves a long tail of more than 30,000 customers in myriad end markets but focuses on the semiconductor, transportation, and aerospace and defense verticals.
Executives
Ritu Favre officer: Executive Vice President 12367 CROSTHWAITE CIRCLE, POWAY CA 92064
Scott Arthur Rust officer: Executive Vice President C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC, AUSTIN TX 78759
Alexander M Davern officer: Senior Vice President and CFO C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, 11500 MOPAC BLDG C, AUSTIN TX 78759
Thomas Benjamin officer: Executive Vice President C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC EXPRESSWAY, AUSTIN TX 78759
Eric Howard Starkloff director, officer: President & CEO 11500 NORTH MOPAC, BUILDING C, AUSTIN TX 78759
Daniel Berenbaum officer: Chief Financial Officer, EVP C/O EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 5670 W. CHANDLER BLVD., SUITE 100, CHANDLER AZ 85226
Cashman James E Iii director 2600 ANSYS DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Gerhard Paul Fettweis director C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC, AUSTIN TX 78759
Michael E Mcgrath director 11701 LUNA ROAD, DALLAS TX 75234
Liam Griffin director 5260 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92617
Gayla J Delly director 3000 TECHNOLOGY DR, ANGLETON TX 77515
Jason Elliot Green officer: Chief Revenue Officer & EVP C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC, AUSTIN TX 78759
Karen Marie Rapp officer: Chief Financial Officer & EVP C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC, AUSTIN TX 78759
Carla Pineyro Sublett officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC, AUSTIN TX 78759
Jeffrey L Kodosky director C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORP, 11500 N. MOPAC EXPRESSWAY, AUSTIN TX 78759

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