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YouGov (STU:Y1G) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is YouGov Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

YouGov's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €1,736.3 Mil. YouGov's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was €41.6 Mil. YouGov's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.00%.

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

STU:Y1G' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.62   Med: 2.09   Max: 6.59
Current: 3.09

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of YouGov was 6.59%. The lowest was 0.62%. And the median was 2.09%.

STU:Y1G's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
50.95% of 1050 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.995 vs STU:Y1G: 3.09

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


YouGov Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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* 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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YouGov Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

YouGov Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.47 1.85 1.40 2.20 4.37

YouGov Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 - 2.20 - 4.37 -

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

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, YouGov'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.


YouGov's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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



YouGov 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=52.889/1222.5756
=4.33 %

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.



YouGov  (STU:Y1G) 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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YouGov (STU:Y1G) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
50 Featherstone Street, London, GBR, EC1Y 8RT
YouGov PLC is a market research agency company. Its suite of products consists of YouGov BrandIndex, YouGov Reports, and YouGov Profiles. Other services offered are YouGov Omnibus service and custom research by sector specialists. Segments in which the company operates include Data Products, Data Services, and Custom Research. Revenues are generated from market research services, syndicated services, non-syndicated services, and media buying. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.

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