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Stem (STEM) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -12.15% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Stem's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,028.9 Mil. Stem's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-125.0 Mil. Stem's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -12.15%.

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

STEM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -18.73   Med: -7.79   Max: 2.03
Current: -18.59

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Stem was 2.03%. The lowest was -18.73%. And the median was -7.79%.

STEM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
83.7% of 2840 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.185 vs STEM: -18.59

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) %. Stem's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Stem Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Stem'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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Stem Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -3.89 -8.07 -12.15

Stem Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -8.07 -12.06 -6.56 -11.72 -12.15

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Stem'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.


Stem Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Stem 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.

Stems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-125.003/1028.94904
=-12.15 %

Stem's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-125.0 Mil.



Stem  (NYSE:STEM) 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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Stem (STEM) Business Description

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100 California Street, 14th Floor, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94111
Stem is a provider of energy storage systems. The company bundles third-party hardware with its proprietary Athena software to provide customers a turnkey solution. Stem sells its solutions to commercial and industrial customers as well as independent power producers and renewable developers. Its solutions help customers maximize renewable energy generation and help build a cleaner and more resilient grid. In 2022, the company acquired AlsoEnergy, a provider of solar asset management software.
Executives
Rahul Shukla officer: Chief Accounting Officer 100 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Michael James Carlson officer: Chief Operating Officer 100 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
David S Buzby director
Alan Russo officer: Chief Revenue Officer 100 ROLLINS ROAD, MILLBRAE CA 94030
Matthew Tappin officer: President, Asset Management 100 CALIFORNIA STREET, 14TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Lisa L Troe director 12181 BLUFF CREEK DRIVE, 4TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90094
Saul R. Laureles officer: Chief Legal Officer 5599 SAN FELIPE, 17TH FLOOR, HOUSTON TX 77056
John Eugene Carrington director, officer: CEO and Director 350 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 600, TEMPE AZ 85281
William John Bush officer: Chief Financial Officer 539 BRYANT STREET, SUITE 403, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Kim Homenock officer: Chief People Officer 100 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Robert Schaefer officer: President, AlsoEnergy 100 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Larsh Johnson officer: Chief Technical Officer 100 ROLLINS RD, MILLBRAE CA 94030
Prakesh Patel officer: Chief Strategy Officer 100 ROLLINS ROAD, MILLBRAE CA 94030
Adam Daley director C/O MAGNETAR CAPITAL LLC, 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, 13TH FLOOR, EVANSTON IL 60201
Anil Tammineedi director 100 ROLLINS RD, MILLBRAE CA 94030

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