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Hortonworks (Hortonworks) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -8.94% (As of Sep. 2018)


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What is Hortonworks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Hortonworks's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $1,793.0 Mil. Hortonworks's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 was $-160.4 Mil. Hortonworks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was -8.94%.

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

HDP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.19
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Hortonworks's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 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.


Hortonworks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Hortonworks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Hortonworks Annual Data
Trend Apr12 Apr13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -16.37 -19.80 -59.52 -14.33

Hortonworks Quarterly Data
Apr12 Apr13 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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 -18.87 -14.33 -12.27 -12.47 -8.94

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

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Hortonworks'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.


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

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

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



Hortonworks 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.

Hortonworkss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-198.849/1387.632869
=-14.33 %

Hortonworks's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-160.4 Mil.



Hortonworks  (NAS:HDP) 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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Hortonworks (Hortonworks) Business Description

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Hortonworks Inc is a provider of data management software solutions that allows corporations to harness the power of big data. The firm's Data at Rest solution is an enterprise-scale platform built for interactive, real-time workloads to be executed simultaneously on a single data set. The Data in Motion solution provides customers the ability to ingest any type of data from multiple data sources. These solutions can centrally manage new and existing data types, run multiple applications simultaneously, and provide security, data governance, stability and scalability. The company derives revenue from subscriptions to software offerings and professional fees. A large majority of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States.
Executives
Martin Fink director C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Scott Reasoner officer: See Remarks C/O QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. 5 POLARIS WAY ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Peter H Fenton director 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Scott E Gnau officer: Chief Technology Officer 17095 VIA DEL CAMPO, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
Scott Davidson officer: See Remarks 5470 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Robert G Bearden director, officer: President & CEO I2 11701 LUNA ROAD DALLAS TX 75234
Kevin Klausmeyer director 2101 CITYWEST BLVD, HOUSTON TX 77042-2827
Paul J Cormier director C/O RED HAT, INC, 100 EAST DAVIE STREET, RALEIGH NC 27601
Michelangelo Volpi director C/O HORTONWORKS, INC., 3640 W. BAYSHORE RD., PALO ALTO CA 94303
Alexandre Balkanski 10 percent owner 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Matt Cohler 10 percent owner 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Kevin Harvey 10 percent owner 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Bruce Dunlevie 10 percent owner 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Steven M Spurlock 10 percent owner 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
J William Gurley 10 percent owner 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025