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Shutterfly (Shutterfly) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.38% (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Shutterfly Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Shutterfly's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was $2,656 Mil. Shutterfly's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 was $63 Mil. Shutterfly's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was 2.38%.

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

SFLY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Personal Services industry.
Industry Median: 4.565
* 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) %. Shutterfly's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was 23.54%. 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.


Shutterfly Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Shutterfly Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Shutterfly Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.47 1.22 2.89 3.96 6.17

Shutterfly Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
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 2.28 1.28 6.17 2.16 2.38

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

For the Personal Services subindustry, Shutterfly'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.


Shutterfly's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Personal Services Industry

For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Shutterfly's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Shutterfly 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.

Shutterflys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=120.897/1958.05898
=6.17 %

Shutterfly's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $63 Mil.



Shutterfly  (NAS:SFLY) 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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Shutterfly (Shutterfly) Business Description

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Address
2800 Bridge Parkway, Redwood City, CA, USA, 94065
Shutterfly Inc. is a personal services company that primarily manufactures and retails photo-based products and services for customers in the United States through its portfolio of brands. The company segments its activities into Consumer, Enterprise, and Corporate units. Shutterfly derives the vast majority of its revenue from its Consumer division, which produces and sells professionally bound photo books, greeting and stationary cards, personalized calendars, and prints. These products are all manufactured in the company's facilities located in the United States. Shutterfly also retails photo-based merchandise such as mugs, candles, pillows, and blankets that are manufactured by third-party firms. Substantially all of the company's sales are from the United States.
Executives
Betsy Rafael director 550 MERIDIAN AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95126
Ann Mather director
Henry Tayloe Stansbury director 807 11TH AVENUE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Michael W Pope officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer 601 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Ryan Ohara director, officer: President and CEO 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 12TH FL, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
William J Lansing director NET PERCEPTIONS, INC, 7700 FRANCE AVENUE SOUTH, EDINA MN 55435
Scott Arnold officer: President, Shutterfly Ent. 6740 SHADY OAK RD, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344
Elizabeth P Sartain director MANPOWERGROUP INC., 100 MANPOWER PLACE, MILWAUKEE WI 53212
Maureen M. Mericle officer: SVP, Chief Marketing Officer C/O SHUTTERFLY, INC., 2800 BRIDGE PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
James A Hilt officer: President, Shutterfly Consumer 1 EXPRESS DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43230
Michael P Zeisser director
Eva Manolis director C/O SHUTTERFLY, INC., 2800 BRIDGE PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Lisa Blackwood-kapral officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Jeffrey T Housenbold director, officer: PRESIDENT & CEO 303 2ND STREET, SOUTH TOWER, 8TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Brian M Regan officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer C/O TICKETMASTER 8800 WEST SUNSET BLVD. WEST HOLLYWOOD CA 90069