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Enghouse Systems (TSX:ENGH) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 8.43% (As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Enghouse Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Enghouse Systems's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was C$1,262.1 Mil. Enghouse Systems's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was C$106.4 Mil. Enghouse Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 8.43%.

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

TSX:ENGH' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.4   Med: 4.23   Max: 10.02
Current: 8.82

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Enghouse Systems was 10.02%. The lowest was 2.40%. And the median was 4.23%.

TSX:ENGH's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
80.06% of 2849 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.63 vs TSX:ENGH: 8.82

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) %. Enghouse Systems's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 5.60%. 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.


Enghouse Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Enghouse Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Enghouse Systems Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.57 3.86 6.62 5.60 7.44

Enghouse Systems Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
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 4.90 7.13 7.09 7.44 8.43

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Enghouse Systems'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.


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

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

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


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Enghouse Systems 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.

Enghouse Systemss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=101.822/1368.23278
=7.44 %

Enghouse Systems'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 C$106.4 Mil.



Enghouse Systems  (TSX:ENGH) 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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Enghouse Systems Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
80 Tiverton Court, Suite 800, Investor Relations, Markham, ON, CAN, L3R 0G4
Enghouse Systems Ltd is a Canada-based provider of software and services to a variety of end markets. The firm's operations are organized in two segments namely, the Interactive Management Group (IMG) and the Asset Management Group (AMG). It earns majority of its revenue from Interactive Management Group. IMG specializes in contact center and video software and services designed to enhance customer service by increasing efficiency and managing customer communications across multiple types of interactions including voice, email, social channels, web chats, text and videos. The firm has operations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, excluding Scandinavia, Germany, Asia-Pacific and other, with revenue from USA.
Executives
Paul James Stoyan Director
Vincent Mifsud Senior Officer
Robert Medved Senior Officer
Timothy Peters Senior Officer
Sam Anidjar Senior Officer
Salvatore Joseph Castiglione Senior Officer
Stephen Sadler 10% Security Holder, Director, Senior Officer
Lynette Corbett Senior Officer
Melissa Sonberg Director
Jane Mowat Director
Douglas Bryson Senior Officer
Reid Drury Director
Pierre Lassonde 10% Security Holder, Director
Eric Demirian Director
Sunil Gregory Diaz Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)

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