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Fastly (Fastly) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -5.22% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Fastly Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Fastly's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,477.9 Mil. Fastly's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-129.3 Mil. Fastly's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -5.22%.

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

FSLY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.08   Med: -4.19   Max: -0.47
Current: -6.88

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Fastly was -0.47%. The lowest was -16.08%. And the median was -4.19%.

FSLY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
74.74% of 2846 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.165 vs FSLY: -6.88

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) %. Fastly's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Fastly Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Fastly Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Fastly Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -2.54 -1.08 -4.59 -13.85 -5.22

Fastly Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -13.85 -6.56 -7.25 -5.74 -5.22

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Fastly'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.


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

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

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



Fastly 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-129.258/2477.8566
=-5.22 %

Fastly's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-129.3 Mil.



Fastly  (NYSE:FSLY) 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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Fastly (Fastly) Business Description

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475 Brannan Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94107
Fastly operates a content delivery network, which is necessary for entities to provide faster and more reliable online content. Fastly's strategy differs from traditional CDNs, which focus on locating servers in as many locations as possible to store copies of files that consumers most use. Fastly is in far fewer sites than traditional CDNs, but it houses servers in the most network-dense data centers. Instead of simply storing static content, it allows its customers to program on its platform, enabling edge computing and better service of the more dynamic content that was traditionally not well served by CDNs. Fastly gears its service to the largest, most sophisticated enterprises rather than small companies and generated nearly three fourths of its revenue in the United States in 2022.
Executives
Ronald W Kisling officer: Chief Financial Officer 2400 BRIDGE PARKWAY, REDWOOD SHORES CA 940651166
Artur Bergman director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O FASTLY, INC., 475 BRANNAN STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Brett Shirk officer: Chief Revenue Officer 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Christopher B Paisley director 14870 THREE OAKS COURT, SARATOGA CA 95070
Todd Nightingale director, officer: CEO C/O FASTLY, INC., 475 BRANNAN SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
David Hornik director, 10 percent owner 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Joshua Bixby officer: President C/O FASTLY, INC., 475 BRANNAN STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Richard Devon Daniels director 3005 TASMAN DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Paul Luongo officer: General Counsel C/O FASTLY, INC., 475 BRANNAN STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Vanessa C. Smith director C/O FASTLY, 475 BRANNAN STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Adriel G Lares officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O FASTLY, INC., 475 BRANNAN STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Charles J Meyers director 301 VELOCITY WAY, 5TH FLOOR, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Paula Loop director C/O ROBINHOOD MARKETS, INC., 85 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Abdiel Qualified Master Fund Lp 10 percent owner 90 PARK AVENUE, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Abdiel Capital Lp 10 percent owner C/O ABDIEL CAPITAL ADVISORS, LP, 90 PARK AVENUE, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016