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Demandware (Demandware) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -3.36% (As of Mar. 2016)


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What is Demandware Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Demandware's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was $1,290.9 Mil. Demandware's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 was $-43.4 Mil. Demandware's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was -3.36%.

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

DWRE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.19
* 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) %. Demandware's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 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.


Demandware Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Demandware Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Demandware Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -0.50 -0.89 -1.62 -2.44

Demandware Quarterly Data
Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16
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 -1.63 -1.85 -2.94 -2.44 -3.36

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Demandware'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.


Demandware's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Demandware 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.

Demandwares Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-42.665/1758.00028
=-2.43 %

Demandware's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-43.4 Mil.



Demandware  (NYSE:DWRE) 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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Demandware (Demandware) Business Description

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Demandware Inc was incorporated in Delaware in February 2004 as SSE Holding, Inc. and changed its name to Demandware, Inc. in August 2004. The Company provides enterprise-class cloud-based digital commerce solutions for retailers and branded manufacturers. Its platform, Demandware Commerce, enables customers to establish and execute complex digital commerce strategies that include expansion, multi-brand rollouts and omni-channel operations. It enable companies to easily design, implement and manage their own customized digital commerce sites, including websites, mobile applications, in-store solutions and other digital storefronts. Through its scalable, secure, and open Demandware Commerce platform, its customers create seamless brand experiences to reach their consumers across all digital touch points globally. The Company's cloud infrastructure increases processing capacity of its customers' digital commerce sites to meet surges in demand, minimize page load times and maximize uptime. Its cloud platform also offers the high reliability and security required by customers to implement their digital commerce strategies, and the Company has achieved 99.99% average platform availability since 2005. The Company has built an ecosystem of trusted partners called Demandware LINK that complements and optimizes Demandware Commerce. Demandware LINK is comprised of technology, solution and end-to end partners. Its geographical areas of operations include, United States, Germany and United Kingdom. The Company's customers include adidas, Barneys New York, Bestseller, Brooks Brothers, Carter's, Deckers, Guthy-Renker, House of Fraser, Jewelry Television, Kate Spade, Lands' End, L'Oreal, mothercare, s.Oliver, and Tory Burch. The Company competes with IBM, Oracle/ATG, eBay/Magento, Digital River, eBay/GSI Commerce, MarketLive and Venda. Its solutions are subject to export controls, including the Commerce Department's Export Administration Regulations and various economic and trade sanctions regulations established by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Controls, and exports of its solutions must be made in compliance with these laws.
Executives
Leonard A Schlesinger director THREE LIMITED PARKWAY, COLUMBUS OH 43230
Charles Kane director 289 TURNPIKE RD, WESTBORO MA 01581
Kathleen Bender Patton officer: SVP and General Counsel 2 CANAL PARK, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
Jill Granoff director LIZ CLAIBORNE, INC., 1441 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10018
Thomas D Ebling director, officer: President and CEO C/O DEMANDWARE, INC. 5 WALL STREET BURLINGTON MA 01803
Timothy M Adams officer: See Remarks 311 ARSENAL STREET, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Lawrence S Bohn director 11305 FOUR POINTS DRIVE, BUILDING II, THIRD FLOOR, AUSTIN TX 78726
Sheila Marie Flaherty officer: Chief Legal Officer 177 BEACON STREET, #4, BOSTON MA 02116
David J Orfao 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL CATALYST PARTNERS, 20 UNIVERSITY RD., 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
Joel E Cutler 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL CATALYST PARTNERS, 20 UNIVERSITY ROAD, SUITE 450, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
Nbvm Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 950 WINTER STREET, SUITE 4600, WALTHAM MA 02451
North Bridge Venture Management V, L.p. 10 percent owner 950 WINTER STREET, SUITE 4600, WALTHAM MA 02451
North Bridge Venture Partners V-b Lp 10 percent owner
Edward T Anderson 10 percent owner 950 WINTER ST SUITE 4600, WATHAM MA 02451
Richard A Damore 10 percent owner C/O NORTHBRIDGE VENTURE PARTNERS, 950 WINTER ST STE 4600, WALTHAM MA 02451

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