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Immersion's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $687 Mil. Immersion's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was $156 Mil. Immersion's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 22.68%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Immersion's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Immersion was 186.03%. The lowest was -34.96%. And the median was 5.44%.
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) %. Immersion's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 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.
The historical data trend for Immersion's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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-14.79 | 0.90 | 29.85 | 31.55 | 28.82 |
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28.82 | 46.51 | 6.27 | 16.37 | 22.68 |
For the Software - Application subindustry, Immersion'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.
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Immersion's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Immersion's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Immersions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) | = | EBIT | / | Enterprise Value |
= | 17.927 | / | 62.27174 | |
= | 28.79 % |
Immersion's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $156 Mil.
Immersion (NAS:IMMR) 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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William C Martin | officer: Chief Strategy Officer | C/O RAGING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, TEN PRINCETON AVENUE, PO BOX 228, ROCKY HILL NJ 08553 |
Childress Frederick Wasch | director | 330 TOWNSEND STREET, SUITE 234, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107 |
Eric Singer | 10 percent owner | 323 SUNNY ISLES BLVD., SUITE 700, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160 |
J Michael Dodson | officer: Chief Financial Officer | 1220 N. SIMON CIRCLE, ANAHEIM CA 92806 |
Elias Nader | director | 1778 MCCARTHY BLVD., C/O SIGMA DESIGNS, INC., MILPITAS CA 95035 |
Aaron Akerman | officer: Chief Financial Officer | C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134 |
Emily Hoffman | director | 2999 N.E. 191ST STREET, SUITE 610, AVENTURA FL 33180 |
Francis Jose | officer: General Counsel | 385 RIVER OAKS PARKWAY, APT # 2106, SAN JOSE CA 95134 |
Sumit Agarwal | director | C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134 |
Mary Dotz | director | 280 N BERNARDO AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043 |
Jared Smith | officer: Interim CEO/VP Worldwide Sales | C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134 |
Viex Special Opportunities Fund Ii, Lp | 10 percent owner | C/O VIEX CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC, 825 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022 |
Michael Rudolf Okada | officer: General Counsel | C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134 |
Viex Opportunities Fund, Lp Series One | 10 percent owner | C/O VIEX CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC, 825 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022 |
Sharon E Holt | director | C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION, 50 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134 |
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