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HWNI (High Wire Networks) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -33.00% (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is High Wire Networks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

High Wire Networks's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $24.15 Mil. High Wire Networks's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $-6.08 Mil. High Wire Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was -33.00%.

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

HWNI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -69.96   Med: -31.3   Max: 27.11
Current: -29.15

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of High Wire Networks was 27.11%. The lowest was -69.96%. And the median was -31.30%.

HWNI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
90.01% of 2843 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.54 vs HWNI: -29.15

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) %. High Wire Networks'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.


High Wire Networks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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High Wire Networks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

High Wire Networks Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -23.31 -24.75 -33.00

High Wire Networks Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 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 -24.75 -33.78 -40.49 -32.26 -33.00

Competitive Comparison of High Wire Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, High Wire Networks'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.


High Wire Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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High Wire Networks 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-7.961/24.145718
=-32.97 %

High Wire Networks'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 $-6.08 Mil.



High Wire Networks  (OTCPK:HWNI) 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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High Wire Networks Business Description

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High Wire Networks Inc provider of managed cybersecurity, managed networks, and tech-enabled professional services delivered exclusively through a channel sales model. Its Overwatch managed security platform-as-a-service offers organizations end-to-end protection for networks, data, endpoints, and users through multiyear recurring revenue contracts in this fast-growing technology segment. The company generates its key revenue from Cyber security segment and operates all reporting segments in one geographical area (the United States).
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