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Digital Media Solutions (Digital Media Solutions) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -29.24% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Digital Media Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Digital Media Solutions's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $286.0 Mil. Digital Media Solutions's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-83.6 Mil. Digital Media Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -29.24%.

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

DMSL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -47.11   Med: 0.62   Max: 15.96
Current: -28.57

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Digital Media Solutions was 15.96%. The lowest was -47.11%. And the median was 0.62%.

DMSL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
88.36% of 1057 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 3.23 vs DMSL: -28.57

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 Media Solutions's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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.


Digital Media Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Digital Media Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Digital Media Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.01 0.60 11.57 -17.12 -31.95

Digital Media Solutions Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -21.23 -44.84 -43.86 -31.95 -29.24

Competitive Comparison of Digital Media Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Digital Media Solutions'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 Media Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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



Digital Media Solutions 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 Media Solutionss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-84.849/265.8736187218
=-31.91 %

Digital Media Solutions's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-83.6 Mil.



Digital Media Solutions  (OTCPK:DMSL) 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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Digital Media Solutions (Digital Media Solutions) Business Description

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Address
4800 140th Avenue North, Suite 101, Clearwater, FL, USA, 33762
Digital Media Solutions Inc is a provider of technology enabled digital performance advertising solutions connecting consumers and advertisers. The activities are divided into three segments namely Brand Direct, Marketplace and Technology Solutions.
Executives
Elizabeth A. Lapuma director 520 LAKE COOK ROAD, SUITE 315, DEERFIELD IL 60015
Neil Nguyen director 750 W. JOHN CARPENTER FREEWAY, 7TH FLOOR, IRVING TX 75039
Scott N Flanders director PLAYBOY ENT., INC. - H. SHAPIRO, 680 N LAKE SHORE DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60611
Vanessa Guzman-clark officer: Interim CFO 1831 SOUTHWEST 6TH AVENUE, CAPE CORAL FL 33991
Jessica Jones officer: EVP, Human Resources 4800 140TH AVENUE N., SUITE 101, CLEARWATER FL 33762
Maurissa Bell director C/O CLAIRVEST GROUP INC., 22 ST. CLAIR AVENUE EAST, SUITE 1700, TORONTO A6 M4T 2S3
Vasundara Srenivas officer: Chief Financial Officer 4800 140TH AVENUE N., SUITE 101, CLEARWATER FL 33762
Richard Rodick officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O UTI, SERVICES, INC., 100 OCEANGATE, SUITE 1500, LONG BEACH CA 90802
Anthony Saldana officer: General Counsel, EVP Legal 4800 140TH AVENUE N., SUITE 101, CLEARWATER FL 33762
Prism Data, Llc 10 percent owner 4800 140TH AVENUE N., SUITE 101, CLEARWATER FL 33762
Capital Llp Lion 10 percent owner 21 GROSVENOR PLACE, LONDON X0 SW1X 7HF
Lion Capital Iv Gp Ltd 10 percent owner 21 GROSVENOR PLACE, LONDON X0 SW1X7HF
Lion Capital (guernsey) Bridgeco Ltd 10 percent owner TRAFALGAR COURT, LES BANQUES, ST PETER PORT Y7 000000
Lyndon Lea director, officer: See Remarks 21 GROSVENOR PLACE, LONDON X0 SW1X 7HF
Fernando Borghese director, officer: Chief Operating Officer 4800 140TH AVENUE N., SUITE 101, CLEARWATER FL 33762