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IAC (IAC) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.00% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is IAC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

IAC's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $5,624 Mil. IAC's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $169 Mil. IAC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.00%.

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

IAC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -29.78   Med: 1.24   Max: 15.31
Current: 3.97

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of IAC was 15.31%. The lowest was -29.78%. And the median was 1.24%.

IAC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
60.35% of 570 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.8 vs IAC: 3.97

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) %. IAC's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.


IAC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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IAC Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

IAC Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 2.86 6.23 -28.25 9.07

IAC Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 1.10 9.07 1.25 0.22 3.00

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

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, IAC'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.


IAC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

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

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



IAC 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.

IACs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=524.767/5786.88252
=9.07 %

IAC's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $169 Mil.



IAC  (NAS:IAC) 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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IAC Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
555 West 18th Street, New York, NY, USA, 10011
IAC is an internet media company with segments that include Angi (33% of total revenue), Dotdash Meredith (39%), search (14%), and emerging and other (14%). The firm spun off the narrow-moat dating app provider Match Group in second-quarter 2020 and the no-moat video software provider Vimeo in second-quarter 2021.
Executives
Erik Bradbury officer: SVP AND CONTROLLER (CAO) 222 BERKELEY STREET, FLOOR 5, BOSTON MA 02116
Kendall Handler officer: EVP & CLO IAC/INTERACTIVECORP, 555 WEST 18TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Michael D Eisner director C/O WALT DISNEY CO, 500 S BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521-1010
Westley Moore director 325 WEST HURON STREET, SUITE 412, CHICAGO IL 60654
Christopher Halpin officer: EVP & CFO IAC/INTERACTIVECORP, 555 WEST 18TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Michael H Schwerdtman officer: SVP and Controller (CAO) C/O IAC/INTERACTIVECORP, 152 WEST 57TH STREET, 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
David S Rosenblatt director C/O DOUBLECLICK INC.,, 111 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10011
Bryan Lourd director C/O CAA, 9830 WILSHIRE BLVD, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212
Glenn Schiffman director, officer: EVP & CFO 555 WEST 18TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Gregg Winiarski director, officer: EVP and GC IAC/INTERACTIVECORP, 555 WEST 18TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Mark J Stein officer: EVP & CSO ONE BRIDGE STREET, SUITE 42, IRVINGTON NY 10069
Bonnie S Hammer director 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10112
Joseph Levin officer: CEO C/O IAC/INTERACTIVECORP, 555 WEST 18TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Richard F Zannino director C/O IAC/INTERACTIVECORP, 555 WEST 18TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10011
Alan G Spoon director 1150 15TH ST NW, WASHINGTON DC 20071