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CTM (Castellum) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -5.70% (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Castellum Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Castellum's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $153.64 Mil. Castellum's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $-8.75 Mil. Castellum's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was -5.70%.

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

CTM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -79.19   Med: -21.23   Max: -0.07
Current: -10.37

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Castellum was -0.07%. The lowest was -79.19%. And the median was -21.23%.

CTM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
82.04% of 2851 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs CTM: -10.37

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) %. Castellum's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.00%. 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.


Castellum Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Castellum Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Castellum Annual Data
Trend Sep10 Sep11 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -5.49 -10.17 -17.39 -64.94 -5.70

Castellum Quarterly Data
Dec10 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Dec20 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 -64.94 -57.80 -70.42 -71.94 -5.70

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Castellum'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.


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

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

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


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Castellum 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.

Castellums Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-8.754/153.639
=-5.70 %

Castellum's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-8.75 Mil.



Castellum  (AMEX:CTM) 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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Castellum Business Description

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Address
1934 Old Gallows Road, Suite 350, Vienna, VA, USA, 22182
Castellum Inc is engaged in providing information technology services. The company provides financial services, healthcare, and other users of large data applications with services that include intelligence analysis, software development, software engineering, program management, strategic and mission planning, information assurance, cybersecurity and policy support, data analytics, and MBSE. In addition to constantly innovating and enhancing organic capabilities, Castellum is acquiring technology companies in the areas of cybersecurity, information technology, electronic warfare, information warfare, and information operations with businesses in the defense, federal, civilian, and commercial markets.
Executives
Jay O Wright director, officer: See Remarks 6701 DEMOCRACY BOULEVARD, SUITE 300, BETHESDA MD 20817
Mark C Fuller director, officer: Chief Executive Officer, Chair 9722 MEYER POINT DRIVE, POTOMAC MD 20854
Charles Thomas Mcmillen director 1103 SOUTH CAROLINA AVENUE, WASHINGTON DC 20003
Bernard S Champoux director 1300 CRYSTAL DRIVE, PH1, ARLINGTON VA 22202
Mark S Alarie director 8514 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Patricia Frost director 9 FERNGLEN DRIVE, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
John Francis Campbell director 8700 BITTERROOT CT., LORTON VA 22079
Emil Kaunitz director 242 OVAL ROAD, MANASQUAN NJ 08736
David T Bell officer: Chief Financial Officer 1016 GLYNDON ST. E, VIENNA VA 22180
Laurie M Buckhout director, officer: Chief Revenue Officer 210 BLAIR COURT, EDENTON NC 27932
Glen R Ives officer: Chief Operating Officer 34 PHILLIPS AVENUE, PONTE VEDRA BEACH FL 32082