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PRO (Pros Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.11% (As of Dec. 2024)


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

Pros Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $1,179.9 Mil. Pros Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $-13.1 Mil. Pros Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was -1.11%.

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

PRO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -22.2   Med: -4.72   Max: -0.91
Current: -1.41

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Pros Holdings was -0.91%. The lowest was -22.20%. And the median was -4.72%.

PRO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
67.4% of 2850 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.66 vs PRO: -1.41

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) %. Pros Holdings'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.


Pros Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Pros Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Pros Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.07 -4.59 -6.22 -2.57 -1.11

Pros Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar20 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 Premium Member Only -2.57 -2.24 -2.35 -2.05 -1.11

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Pros 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.


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

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

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


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Pros 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.

Pros Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-13.083/1179.88088
=-1.11 %

Pros Holdings'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 $-13.1 Mil.



Pros Holdings  (NYSE:PRO) 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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Pros Holdings Business Description

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Address
3200 Kirby Drive, Suite 600, Houston, TX, USA, 77098
Pros Holdings Inc provides software solutions that optimize shopping and selling experiences for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies across industry verticals in more than nearly 80 countries. Its PROS Platform is designed to help businesses create, optimize and market available offers and handle orders through both first- and third-party digital channels. The firm generates key revenue form the United States of America, Germany, The rest of Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Middle East regions.
Executives
Leland Jourdan director 3200 KIRBY DR., SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77098
Scott William Cook officer: Sr.VP,Chief Accounting Officer 3100 MAIN ST., SUITE 900, HOUSTON TX 77002
Andres Reiner officer: Senior VP Pricing Solutions 3100 MAIN STREET, SUITE 900, HOUSTON TX 77002
Stefan B Schulz officer: EVP and CFO 9625 W 76TH STREET, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344
Timothy V Williams director 3100 MAIN STREET, STE 900, HOUSTON TX 77002
Cynthia Johnson director 3200 KIRBY DR., SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77098
Greg Petersen director 3100 MAIN STREET, SUITE 900, HOUSTON TX 77002
Leslie J Rechan director 2207 BRIDGEPOINTE PARKWAY, SAN MATEO CA 94404
Roberto D Reiner officer: EVP, Chief Technology Officer 3100 MAIN ST., SUITE 900, HOUSTON TX 77002
Allessio John P. C. officer: EVP, Chief Customer Officer 3100 MAIN ST., SUITE 900, HOUSTON TX 77002
Catherine A Lesjak director GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, ONE FINANCIAL CENTER, SUITE 3700, BOSTON MA 02111
Raja Hammoud director 3100 MAIN ST., SUITE 900, HOUSTON TX 77002
Penny Herscher director 1001 RIDDER PARK DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Carlos Dominguez director C/O MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS, INC., 79 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10003
Ronald F Woestemeyer director, 10 percent owner, officer: EVP, Strategic Bus. Planning 3100 MAIN STREET, SUITE 900, HOUSTON TX 77002