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Travelzoo (Travelzoo) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 12.21% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Travelzoo Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Travelzoo's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $127.60 Mil. Travelzoo's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $15.57 Mil. Travelzoo's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.21%.

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

TZOO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.8   Med: 6.03   Max: 48.97
Current: 14.73

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Travelzoo was 48.97%. The lowest was -16.80%. And the median was 6.03%.

TZOO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
83.08% of 1052 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.785 vs TZOO: 14.73

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) %. Travelzoo'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.


Travelzoo Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Travelzoo Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Travelzoo Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.58 -16.69 -1.52 11.26 12.21

Travelzoo Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 11.26 11.40 10.32 18.12 12.21

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

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Travelzoo'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.


Travelzoo's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Travelzoo's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Travelzoo 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=15.572/127.598844
=12.20 %

Travelzoo'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 $15.57 Mil.



Travelzoo  (NAS:TZOO) 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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Travelzoo (Travelzoo) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
590 Madison Avenue, 35th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10022
Travelzoo acts as a publisher of travel and entertainment offers. It operates in three segments. Travelzoo North America segment consists of operations in Canada and the U.S.; Travelzoo Europe segment consists of operations in France, Germany, Spain, and the U.K.; and Jack's Flight Club segment consists of subscription revenue from premium members to access and receive flight deals from Jack's Flight Club via email or via Android or Apple mobile applications. It derives its revenue through advertising fees including listing fees paid by travel, entertainment, and local businesses to advertise their offers on the company's media properties. Most of the company's revenue is derived from North America.
Executives
Azzurro Capital Inc 10 percent owner C/O MOORE STEPHENS, PO BOX 743, SUITE 5, WATERGARDENS 4 J1 GX11 1AA
Ralph Bartel director, 10 percent owner CASELLA POSTALE 823, 6612 ASCONA V8 6612
Lijun Qi officer: Principal Accounting Officer 800 W EL CAMINO REAL, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040
Holger Bartel officer: Executive Vice President
Ralph Bartel 2005 Trust 10 percent owner C/O FEDELTA TRUST LIMITED, 29/31 ATHOL STREET, OMAR HOUSE BLDG, ISLE OF MAN X0 1M11LB
Lisa Su officer: Controller 924 AURA CT, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Christina Sindoni Ciocca director 590 MADISON AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Christian Alexander Smart other: Travelzoo GM, Germany PARISER PLATZ 4A, BERLIN 2M 10117
Rachel Barnett director, officer: General Counsel 69 VALLEY ROAD, KATONAH NY 10536
Carrie Liqun Liu director 2#1707 NO.6 ZUOJIAZHUANGZHONGJIE, BEIJING F4 100028
Michael Stitt officer: President, North America 590 MADISON AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Hong (hong Wei) Vivian officer: President, Asia Pacific ROOM 102, BLDG 5, NO.169, MENGZI ROAD, HUANGPU DISTRICT, SHANGHAI F4 200023
Caroline J Tsay director C/O ROSETTA STONE INC., 1919 NORTH LYNN STREET, 7TH FLOOR, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Beatrice Tarka director 800 WEST EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 275, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040
Simon Talling-smith officer: President, Products&Emerg.Biz. 558 VALLEY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94131