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Onvia (ONVI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -8.10% (As of Sep. 2017)


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What is Onvia Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Onvia's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $28.76 Mil. Onvia's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2017 was $-2.33 Mil. Onvia's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was -8.10%.

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

ONVI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.645
* 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) %. Onvia's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was -2.03%. 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.


Onvia Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Onvia Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Onvia Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.41 -1.98 -2.53 -2.55 -3.45

Onvia Quarterly Data
Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17
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 -2.60 -3.45 -6.72 -8.90 -8.10

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

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Onvia'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.


Onvia's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Onvia's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Onvia 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.851/24.6674325
=-3.45 %

Onvia's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-2.33 Mil.



Onvia  (NAS:ONVI) 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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Onvia (ONVI) Business Description

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Onvia Inc is a provider of business information and research solutions that help companies plans, markets and sells to government agencies throughout the United States.
Executives
George I Stoeckert director
Miller Lloyd I Iii other: Former 10% Owner
James L Brill director ON ASSIGNMENT, INC., 26745 MALIBU HILLS ROAD, CALABASAS CA 91301
David Van Skilling director 125 NETAS COURT, PALM DESERT CA 92260
Russell Mann director, officer: President and CEO C/O ONVIA, INC., 509 OLIVE WAY, SUITE 400, SEATTLE WA 98101
James F Adelson 10 percent owner 15 EAST 5TH STREET, SUITE 3200, TULSA OK 74103
Stephen J Heyman 10 percent owner 15 EAST 5TH STREET, SUITE 3200, TULSA OK 74103
Nancy J Schoendorf director C/O MOHR DAVIDOW VENTURES 3000 SAND HILL RD MENLO PARK CA 94025
Kenneth A Fox director

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