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WLDBF (WildBrain) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -9.65% (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is WildBrain Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

WildBrain's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $798.3 Mil. WildBrain's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $-78.6 Mil. WildBrain's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was -9.65%.

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

WLDBF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -23.05   Med: 2.79   Max: 6.94
Current: -9.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of WildBrain was 6.94%. The lowest was -23.05%. And the median was 2.79%.

WLDBF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
79.25% of 1046 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.965 vs WLDBF: -9.70

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) %. WildBrain'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.


WildBrain Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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WildBrain Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

WildBrain Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -16.00 4.73 5.67 3.68 -4.57

WildBrain 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 3.59 1.18 -4.57 -3.59 -9.65

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

For the Entertainment subindustry, WildBrain'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.


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

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

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


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WildBrain 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.

WildBrains Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-34.908/770.5493364
=-4.53 %

WildBrain'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 $-78.6 Mil.



WildBrain  (OTCPK:WLDBF) 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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WildBrain Business Description

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Address
25 York Street, Suite 1201, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2V5
WildBrain Ltd develops, produces, and distributes films and television programs for domestic and international markets; licenses its brands in the domestic and international markets; broadcasts films and television programs in the domestic market; sells advertising on various ad-supported video-on-demand platforms; and manages copyrights, licensing and brands for third parties. It operates through the following segments: Content and Licensing; Global Licensing; and Canadian Television Broadcasting. The company through its subsidiary operates networks of children's channels on YouTube.