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Progress Software (Progress Software) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 3.77% (As of Feb. 2024)
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Progress Software's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $2,910.3 Mil. Progress Software's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $109.6 Mil. Progress Software's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 3.77%.

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

PRGS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.93   Med: 4.18   Max: 8.01
Current: 3.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Progress Software was 8.01%. The lowest was -2.93%. And the median was 4.18%.

PRGS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
64.79% of 2840 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.185 vs PRGS: 3.99

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) %. Progress Software's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 26.87%. 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.


Progress Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Progress Software Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.91 5.12 4.49 4.95 3.71

Progress Software Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.34 3.70 3.63 3.71 3.77

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Progress 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.


Progress Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Progress 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.

Progress Softwares Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=110.437/2979.00056
=3.71 %

Progress Software's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $109.6 Mil.



Progress Software  (NAS:PRGS) 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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Progress Software (Progress Software) Business Description

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15 Wayside Road, Suite 400, Burlington, MA, USA, 01803
Progress Software Corporation is a provider of cloud-based security solutions to large- and mid-sized organizations in a wide range of industries. Its product includes OpenEdge; Chef; Developer Tools; Kemp LoadMaster; MOVEit; DataDirect; WhatsUp Gold; Sitefinity; Flowmon and Corticon. The company derives revenue from perpetual licenses to its products, but some products also use term licensing models. Its cloud-based offerings use a subscription-based model. A majority of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States and also has a presence in Canada, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Latin America, and Asia Pacific.
Executives
Domenic Lococo officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Sundar Subramanian officer: EVP/GM DevSecOps C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Ian Pitt officer: Chief Information Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Kathryn Kulikoski officer: CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Yufan Stephanie Wang officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Anthony Folger officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CARBONITE, INC., 177 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02115
Loren Jarrett officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DR., BEDFORD MA 01730
Charles Francis Kane director 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Yogesh K Gupta director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Jeremy Segal officer: Senior Vice President C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Jennifer Ortiz officer: EVP, Corporate Marketing C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
John R Egan director 176 SOUTH ST., HOPKINTON MA 01748
John Ainsworth officer: Senior Vice President C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DR., BEDFORD MA 01730
Gary Quinn officer: Senior Vice President C/O COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTER INC, ONE COMPUTER ASSOC PLAZA, ISLANDIA NY 11749
Ranier Gawlick director 5540 PIONEER CREEK DRIVE, MAPLE PLAIN MN 55359