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Smartspace Software (LSE:SMRT) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Jul. 2023)


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What is Smartspace Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Smartspace Software's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2023 was £9.08 Mil. Smartspace Software's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2023 was £-1.36 Mil. Smartspace Software's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2023 was 0.00%.

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

LSE:SMRT' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -141.11   Med: -9.52   Max: 107.35
Current: -5.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Smartspace Software was 107.35%. The lowest was -141.11%. And the median was -9.52%.

LSE:SMRT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
72.38% of 2860 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.175 vs LSE:SMRT: -5.63

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) %. Smartspace Software's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2023 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.


Smartspace Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Smartspace Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Smartspace Software Annual Data
Trend Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -17.24 -35.46 -8.55 -18.05 -16.72

Smartspace Software Semi-Annual Data
Jan14 Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23
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 - -18.05 - -16.72 -

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Smartspace Software'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.


Smartspace Software's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Smartspace Software 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.

Smartspace Softwares Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.858/11.101716
=-16.74 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Smartspace Software  (LSE:SMRT) 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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Smartspace Software (LSE:SMRT) Business Description

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Smartspace Software PLC is engaged in the development and sale of software products. It is also engaged in the sale and installation of audio-visual hardware products. It operates through the following segments SwipedOn, and Space Connect. The firm generates the majority of revenue from the SwipedOn segment which is engaged in the sale and support of self-service visitor management software to customers throughout the world.