Avalara (NYSE:AVLR) Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %

: 0.00% (As of Jun. 2022)

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Yacktman defines forward rate of return as the normalized free cash flow yield plus real growth plus inflation. Avalara's forward rate of return for was 0.00%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Avalara's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % or its related term are showing as below:

AVLR's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is not ranked ^*
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 13.29
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % only.

Unlike the Earnings Yield %, 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.

Avalara Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avalara's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Avalara's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % 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.

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Avalara Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Avalara's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avalara's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %'s extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Avalara Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Calculation

Forward Rate of Return is a concept that Don Yacktman uses in his investment approach. Yacktman explained the forward rate of return concept in detail in his interview with GuruFocus. Yacktman defines forward rate of return as the normalized free cash flow yield plus real growth plus inflation. He said in the interview (March 2012, when the S&P 500 was at about 1400):

If the business is stable, this calculation is fairly straightforward. For instance, on the S&P 500 we would normalize earnings. We would then calculate what percentage of those earnings are not reinvested in the underlying businesses and are therefore free. Historically, for the S&P 500, this has been just under 50% of earnings. Currently, we expect the S&P to earn about 70 on a normalized basis, a number which is far below reported earnings due to our adjusting for record high profit margins. $70 X ½ / 1400 gives you a normalized free cash flow yield of approximately 2.5%.

The historical real growth rate of the S&P 500 (companies) is about 1.5%. Assuming an inflation rate of 2.5%, the forward rate of return on an investment in the S&P 500 is about 6.5% today (2.5% free cash flow yield plus 1.5% real growth plus 2.5% inflation).

Avalara's Forward Rate of Return of Jun. 2022 is

Forward Rate of Return	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	0	/	70.6	+	0
	=	0.00 %

Avalara (NYSE:AVLR) Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % Explanation

Unlike the Earnings Yield, the Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five 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.

For the growth part of the Forward Rate of Return calculation, GuruFocus uses the 5-year average growth rate of EBITDA per share as the growth rate, and the growth rate is always capped at 20%. For the Free Cash Flow we use per share data averaged over five years. The reason we use five years is to make it comparable to the growth rate.

Be Aware

In the Forward Rate of Return calculation, the growth rate is added directly to today's free cash flow yield. Therefore the calculation is reliable only if the company can grow at the same rate in the future as it did in the past. Investors should pay close attention to this when researching growth stocks. A more accurate measurement for return is Return on Capital.

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Avalara (NYSE:AVLR) Business Description

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Address

255 South King Street, Suite 1800, Seattle, WA, USA, 98104

Website

https://www.avalara.com

Avalara Inc provides compliance solutions. It provides software solutions that help businesses of all types and sizes comply with tax requirements for transactions worldwide. The company offers a broad and growing suite of compliance solutions for transaction taxes, such as sales and use tax, VAT, fuel excise tax, beverage alcohol, cross-border taxes, lodging tax, and communications tax. These solutions enable customers to automate the process of determining taxability, identifying applicable tax rates, determining and collecting taxes, preparing and filing returns, remitting taxes, maintaining tax records, and managing compliance documents. It generates revenue in the form of subscriptions and professional services.

Executives

Marcela Martin	director	C/O SQUARESPACE, INC., 225 VARICK STREET, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
Bruce T Crawford	director	255 SOUTH KING ST., SUITE 1800, SEATTLE WA 98104
Srinivas Tallapragada	director	THE LANDMARK AT ONE MARKET STREET, #300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Ross Tennenbaum	officer: See Remarks	255 S KING ST, STE 1800, SEATTLE WA 98104
Brian Sharples	director	1250 CAPITAL OF TX HWY, BLDG 2, PLAZA 1, AUSTIN TX 78746
Wp Avlr Holdco Llc	10 percent owner	C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Amit Mathradas	officer: See Remarks	255 S KING ST, STE 1800, SEATTLE WA 98104
Kathleen Zwickert	director	255 S KING ST, STE 1800, SEATTLE WA 98104
William Ingram	officer: See Remarks	C/O LEAP WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL, INC., 5887 COPLEY DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92111
Dooren Pascal Van	officer: See Remarks	255 SOUTH KING ST., SUITE 1800, SEATTLE WA 98104
Rajeev Singh	director	6222 185TH AVENUE NE, REDMOND WA 98052
Marion R Foote	director	C/O KINETA, INC., 219 TERRY AVE. N., SUITE 300, SEATTLE WA 98109
Chelsea R. Stoner	director	C/O AVALARA, INC., 255 SOUTH KING ST., SUITE 1800, SEATTLE WA 98104
Jared R. Vogt	director	C/O AVALARA, INC., 255 SOUTH KING ST., SUITE 1800, SEATTLE WA 98104
Daniel E. Manning	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	255 SOUTH KING ST., SUITE 1800, SEATTLE WA 98104