Digital River (FRA:RIV) Earnings Yield % : N/A% (As of Jun. 19, 2024)

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What is Digital River Earnings Yield %?

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 (2024-06-19), the stock price of Digital River is €20.72. Digital River's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 was €-0.20. Therefore, Digital River'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) %. Digital River's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 4.02%. 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.

Digital River Earnings Yield % Calculation

Earnings yield is the reciprocal of the P/E Ratio.

Digital River's Earnings Yield for today is calculated as

Earnings Yield	=	Earnings per Share (Diluted) (TTM)	/	Share Price
	=	-0.197	/	20.72
	=	N/A %

Digital River's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-0.197 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:

Earnings Yield

Net Income

Market Cap

The earnings in the calculation is the Trailing Twelve Months earnings.

Digital River (FRA:RIV) Earnings Yield % Explanation

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.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.

Be Aware

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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Digital River (FRA:RIV) Business Description

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Digital River, Inc., was incorporated in Delaware in February 1994. The Company provides end-to-end e-commerce and marketing solutions to a variety of companies in software, consumer electronics, computer games, video games, and other markets. It offers its clients, services that enables them to quickly and cost effectively establish an online sales channel capability and to subsequently manage and grow online sales while mitigating risks. Its services include design, development and hosting of online stores and shopping carts, store merchandising and optimization, order management, denied parties screening, export controls and management, tax compliance and management, fraud management, digital product delivery via download, physical product fulfillment, subscription management, online marketing including e-mail marketing, management of affiliate programs, paid search programs, payment processing services, website optimization, web analytics and reporting, and CD production and delivery. Its products and services allow its clients to focus on promoting and marketing their products and brands while leveraging its investments in technology and infrastructure to facilitate the purchase of products through their online websites. Shoppers could browse for products and make purchases online. The Company typically is the seller of record for transactions through its client branded stores. It also processes the buyer's payment as the merchant of record, including collection and remittance of applicable taxes. The Company's e-commerce store solutions range from simple remote control models to more comprehensive online store models. In addition to the services the Company provides, that facilitate the completion of an online transaction, it also offers services designed to increase traffic to its clients' websites and the associated online stores and to improve the sales productivity of those stores. The Company's services include paid search advertising, search engine optimization affiliate marketing, store optimization, multi-variant testing, web analytic services and e-mail optimization. All of the services are designed to help its clients acquire customers more effectively, sell to those customers more often and more efficiently, and increase the lifetime value of each customer. The Company sells its products and services to consumers through the Internet. It sells and markets its services for clients through a direct sales force located in offices in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. Some of the competitors of the Company are Art Technology Group, Inc., IBM Corporation, IBM Global Services, Accenture, Inc., GSI Commerce, Inc., asknet Inc., Arvato, ValueClick, Inc. and aQuantive, Inc. The Company is subject to a number of foreign and domestic laws and regulations that affect companies conducting business on the internet.