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Mobivity Holdings (Mobivity Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -30.77% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Mobivity Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Mobivity Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $35.87 Mil. Mobivity Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-11.04 Mil. Mobivity Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -30.77%.

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

MFON' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -103.23   Med: -20.3   Max: -2.64
Current: -26.11

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Mobivity Holdings was -2.64%. The lowest was -103.23%. And the median was -20.30%.

MFON's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
86.89% of 2846 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.165 vs MFON: -26.11

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) %. Mobivity Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


Mobivity Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Mobivity Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Mobivity Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -16.00 -2.59 -8.94 -10.21 -30.77

Mobivity Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -10.21 -13.35 -16.95 -20.83 -30.77

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Mobivity Holdings'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.


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

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

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



Mobivity Holdings 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-11.037/35.8685782
=-30.77 %

Mobivity Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-11.04 Mil.



Mobivity Holdings  (OTCPK:MFON) 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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Mobivity Holdings (Mobivity Holdings) Business Description

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Address
3133 West Frye Road, Suite 215, Chandler, AZ, USA, 85225
Mobivity Holdings Corp develops and operates proprietary platforms over which enterprises conduct data-driven mobile marketing campaigns. Its proprietary platforms, consisting of software available to phones, tablets, PCs, and Point of Sale ('POS") systems, allow resellers, brands and enterprises to market their products and services to consumers through text messages sent directly to consumers via mobile phones, mobile smartphone applications, and dynamically printed receipt content. The company generates revenue by charging the resellers, brands and enterprises a per-message transactional fee, through fixed or variable software licensing fees.
Executives
Thomas B Akin director 2400 BRIDGEWAY # 200, SUITE 200, SAUSALITO CA 94965
William T. Sanchez officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER C/O MARIADB PLC, 699 VETERANS BLVD, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Skye Fossey-tomaske officer: Interim CFO 3133 WEST FRYE ROAD, SUITE 215, CHANDLER AZ 85226
Talkot Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 2400 BRIDGEWAY, SUITE 300, SAUSALITO CA 94965
Lynn M. Tiscareno officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O MOBIVITY HOLDINGS CORP.,, 55 NORTH ARIZONA PLACE #310, CHANDLER AZ 85225
Charles B Mathews officer: CFO 1660 E. TRADEWIND CT., GILBERT AZ 85284
Dennis Ronald Becker director, officer: CEO 8929 AERO DRIVE, SUITE E, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Van Epps William M director 2002 PAPA JOHNS BOVD, PO BOX 999000, LLOUISVILLE KY 40269-0900
Christopher Meinerz officer: CFO 8700 E. VISTA BONITA DRIVE, SUITE 260, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Michael K Bynum director, officer: President P.O. BOX 28, SPRINGER OK 73458
Philip Guarascio director
Tim Schatz officer: Chief Financial Officer 8929 AERO DRIVE, SUITE E, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Peter S Brodsky director C/O HM CAPITAL PARTNERS, 200 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 1600, DALLAS TX 75201
Porter Capital Management Co 10 percent owner 300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 171, GREENBRAE CA 94904
Geri Suster officer: Chief Operating Officer 58 W. BUFFALO ST, SUITE 200, CHANDLER AZ 85225