The earnings yield is an indication of how much return shareholders' investment in the company earned over the past 12 months. The higher the earnings yield is, the better.
As of today (2024-05-05), the stock price of Demandware is $74.97.
Demandware's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 was $-1.20. Therefore, Demandware's earnings yield of today is N/A%.
The earnings yield does not consider the growth of the business. A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Demandware's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 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.
Demandware Earnings Yield % Calculation
Earnings yield is the reciprocal of the P/E Ratio.
Demandware's Earnings Yield for today is calculated as
Demandware's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.195 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
If the P/E ratio is an indication of how many years it takes for the company to earn back the stock price shareholders pay to buy the shares, the earnings yield is an indication of how much return shareholders' investment in the company earned over the past 12 months. The higher the earnings yield is, the better.
If a company loses money, the earnings yield is negative. This gives a more straightforward indication that the company is losing money. This is an advantage of using earnings yield instead of the P/E ratio in valuation. For valuation purposes, the P/B Ratio and the P/S Ratio should be used for companies that are losing money.
Like the P/E ratio, the earnings yield can be used to compare investments in different industries. It can even be used to compare the attractiveness of different asset classes such as bonds and cash. Of course, the earnings yield should not be the only factor in deciding which asset classes to invest.
Also similar to the P/E ratio, the earnings yield does not consider the growth of the business. A growing company with the same earnings yield should be more attractive than a company that has the same earnings yield but does not grow.
Just like the P/E Ratio, non-recurring items such as selling part of the business, selling a previous investment, etc., can affect earnings yield dramatically. The earning yield is also a poor indication for cyclical companies. When a cyclical stock has a high earnings yield it is usually at the peak of its cycle.
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Demandware Inc was incorporated in Delaware in February 2004 as SSE Holding, Inc. and changed its name to Demandware, Inc. in August 2004. The Company provides enterprise-class cloud-based digital commerce solutions for retailers and branded manufacturers. Its platform, Demandware Commerce, enables customers to establish and execute complex digital commerce strategies that include expansion, multi-brand rollouts and omni-channel operations. It enable companies to easily design, implement and manage their own customized digital commerce sites, including websites, mobile applications, in-store solutions and other digital storefronts. Through its scalable, secure, and open Demandware Commerce platform, its customers create seamless brand experiences to reach their consumers across all digital touch points globally. The Company's cloud infrastructure increases processing capacity of its customers' digital commerce sites to meet surges in demand, minimize page load times and maximize uptime. Its cloud platform also offers the high reliability and security required by customers to implement their digital commerce strategies, and the Company has achieved 99.99% average platform availability since 2005. The Company has built an ecosystem of trusted partners called Demandware LINK that complements and optimizes Demandware Commerce. Demandware LINK is comprised of technology, solution and end-to end partners. Its geographical areas of operations include, United States, Germany and United Kingdom. The Company's customers include adidas, Barneys New York, Bestseller, Brooks Brothers, Carter's, Deckers, Guthy-Renker, House of Fraser, Jewelry Television, Kate Spade, Lands' End, L'Oreal, mothercare, s.Oliver, and Tory Burch. The Company competes with IBM, Oracle/ATG, eBay/Magento, Digital River, eBay/GSI Commerce, MarketLive and Venda. Its solutions are subject to export controls, including the Commerce Department's Export Administration Regulations and various economic and trade sanctions regulations established by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Controls, and exports of its solutions must be made in compliance with these laws.
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