DBMM (Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %: -14.75% (As of May. 2026)

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What is Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group DBMM +1.43% Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -14.75% as of May. 2026. The stock has 4 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,006 Media - Diversified companies, Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group ranks worse than 84.49% on this metric.

Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in May. 2026 was $5.21 Mil. Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2026 was $-0.77 Mil. Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in May. 2026 was -14.75%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

DBMM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -54.35   Med: -54.07   Max: -14.99
Current: -14.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group was -14.99%. The lowest was -54.35%. And the median was -54.07%.

DBMM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
84.49% of 1006 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.775 vs DBMM: -14.99

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) %. Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in May. 2026 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.


Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group  (OTCPK:DBMM) 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.


Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms


Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group Annual Data
Trend Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24 Aug25
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -10.67 -8.09 -5.34 -6.83 -5.49

Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group Quarterly Data
Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25 May25 Aug25 Nov25 Feb26 May26
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 -0.77 -5.49 -5.58 -14.77 -14.75

DBMM vs SOPAQ, ONAR, DRCT: Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Comparison

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group'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.


Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % vs Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group 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.

Digital Brand Media & Marketing Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2025 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.308/5.6153942
=-5.48 %

Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.77 Mil.


What does a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -14.75% mean?
Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group (DBMM) has a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -14.75% as of May. 2026. Joel Greenblatt's earnings yield equals the ratio of earnings before interest and taxes to enterprise value. View historical data on Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group ranks #850 out of 1006 companies in the Media - Diversified industry, placing it in the top 84.5%.
Is Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % too high?
Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -14.75%. Based on the distribution chart, Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group ranks #850 out of 1006 companies in the Media - Diversified industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers.
How does Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % compare to SOPAQ and ONAR?
According to the Media - Diversified industry distribution chart, Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group ranks #850 out of 1006 companies for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %. This places Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 2.78. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for a Media - Diversified company?
The median Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % among Media - Diversified companies is 2.78, based on 1,006 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % mean?
A high Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Joel Greenblatt's earnings yield equals the ratio of earnings before interest and taxes to enterprise value. View historical data on Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group and its competitors. For the Media - Diversified industry, the median Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 2.78 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group's current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -14.75%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group stock overvalued right now?
Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group (DBMM) has a current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -14.75%. The current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -14.75%. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % calculated?
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group (DBMM), the current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -14.75% as of May. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group Business Description

Address 600 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10016
Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group Inc delivers marketing consulting and technology solutions through its subsidiary, focusing on business-to-business technology sectors like market sectors including SaaS, Blockchain, Fintech, Software Sales, and Technology. The company operates in one segment: marketing consulting services. Its primary sources of revenue are Digital Analytics and Advisory Services.