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Bankrate (Bankrate) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.04% (As of Jun. 2017)


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What is Bankrate Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Bankrate's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was $1,261.0 Mil. Bankrate's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 was $-0.5 Mil. Bankrate's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was -0.04%.

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

RATE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.03   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -0.03

RATE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 0.01 vs RATE: -0.03

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) %. Bankrate's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was -13.58%. 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.


Bankrate Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bankrate'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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Bankrate Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Bankrate Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.32 2.08 2.51 3.56 -0.45

Bankrate Quarterly Data
Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17
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 -0.91 0.12 -0.45 -1.83 -0.04

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

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Bankrate'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.


Bankrate's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

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

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



Bankrate 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.

Bankrates Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-6.017/1114.342125
=-0.54 %

Bankrate's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.5 Mil.



Bankrate  (NYSE:RATE) 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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Bankrate (Bankrate) Business Description

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Bankrate Inc was founded in 1976 and Bankrate, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 2011. The Company owns and operates an Internet-based consumer banking, personal finance and senior care online network. Its flagship websites include CreditCards.com, Bankrate.com, and Caring.com which provides information on more than 300 financial and senior care products and services, including credit cards, mortgages, deposits, and other personal finance categories. Additionally, it provide financial applications and information to a network of distribution partners and through national and state publications. It has three reportable segments including Credit cards, Banking, Senior Care and other.
Executives
Steven Barnhart officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer 1 W. ONWENTSIA ROAD, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Richard J Pinola director BANKRATE, INC., 11760 US HIGHWAY 1 SUITE 200, NORTH PALM BEACH FL 33408
Michael Joseph Kelly director C/O EYEBLASTER, INC., 135 WEST 18TH STREET, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10011
John F Megrue 10 percent owner C/O APAX PARTNERS, L.P., 601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 53RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Thomas R Evans director, officer: President, CEO 11760 US HIGHWAY ONE, SUITE 200, NORTH PALM BEACH FL 33408
Apax Partners Europe Managers Ltd 10 percent owner 33 JERMYN STREET, LONDON X0 SW1Y 6DN
Mitch L Truwit director C/O APAX PARTNERS, L.P., 601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 53RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Christian Robert Stahl director C/O APAX PARTNERS, L.P., 601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 53RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022

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