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Nielsen Holdings (Nielsen Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.00% (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is Nielsen Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Nielsen Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $13,651 Mil. Nielsen Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $819 Mil. Nielsen Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 6.00%.

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

NLSN'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) %. Nielsen Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 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.


Nielsen Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Nielsen Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Nielsen Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.74 -2.99 4.99 4.74 6.52

Nielsen Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22
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 5.64 6.57 6.52 5.25 6.00

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

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Nielsen Holdings'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.


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

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

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



Nielsen Holdings 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.

Nielsen Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=843/12922.58668
=6.52 %

Nielsen Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $819 Mil.



Nielsen Holdings  (NYSE:NLSN) 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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Nielsen Holdings (Nielsen Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
675 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10010
Nielsen Holdings PLC operates as a media and content ecosystem provider and offers audience measurement, data and analytics services. The company's data is used by its publishing clients to understand their audiences, establish the value of their advertising inventory, and maximize the value of their content. It operates as a complete unit - from the conception of a product, through the collection of the data, into the technology and operations, all the way to the data being sold and delivered to the client. The company's single reportable segment consists of television, radio, online and mobile audience and advertising measurement and corresponding analytics.
Executives
Windacre Partnership Master Fund, Lp 10 percent owner 2200 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 1580, HOUSTON TX 77056
Windacre Partnership Llc 10 percent owner 2200 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1580, HOUSTON TX 77056
Snehal Amin 10 percent owner 2200 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 1580, HOU TX 77056
Henry Iglesias officer: Principal Accounting Officer TIFFANY & CO., 727 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Stephanie Plaines director 200 E. RANDOLPH DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Luca Guerrino De director C/O LOGITECH, INC., 6505 KAISER DRIVE, FREMONT CA 94555
Karthik Rao officer: COO Nielsen Global Media 3200 OLYMPUS BLVD, SUITE 100, DALLAS TX 75019
Jon Miller director C/O TRIPADVISOR, INC, 141 NEEDHAM STREET, NEWTON MA 02464
Attwood James A Jr director 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
David W Kenny director, officer: Chief Executive Officer VIVAKI, 33 ARCH STREET, BOSTON MA 02110
Thomas H Castro director C/O TIME WARNER CABLE INC., 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10023
Janice Marinelli Mazza director 4031 LONGRIDGE AVE, SHERMAN OAKS CA 91423
Linda Zukauckas officer: Chief Financial Officer 200 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10285
Laurie Lovett officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 675 6TH AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10011
Christopher Taft officer: SVP & Corporate Controller 442 YELLOW BRICK ROAD, ORANGE CT 06477

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