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Meta Materials (Meta Materials) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1,000.00% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Meta Materials Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Meta Materials's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $38.78 Mil. Meta Materials's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-401.15 Mil. Meta Materials's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -1,000.00%.

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

MMAT' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3248.45   Med: -33.18   Max: -4.61
Current: -1666.67

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Meta Materials was -4.61%. The lowest was -3248.45%. And the median was -33.18%.

MMAT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
99.88% of 2478 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.2 vs MMAT: -1666.67

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) %. Meta Materials'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.


Meta Materials Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Meta Materials Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Meta Materials Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -13.79 -19.72 -1,000.00

Meta Materials Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 -19.72 -53.76 -370.37 -322.58 -1,000.00

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

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Meta Materials'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.


Meta Materials's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Meta Materials 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-401.148/38.779304
=-1,034.44 %

Meta Materials'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 $-401.15 Mil.



Meta Materials  (NAS:MMAT) 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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Meta Materials (Meta Materials) Business Description

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Meta Materials Inc delivers previously unachievable performance, across a range of applications, by inventing, designing, developing, and manufacturing sustainable, highly functional materials. Its extensive technology platform enables global brands to deliver breakthrough products to their customers in consumer electronics, 5G communications, health and wellness, aerospace, automotive, and clean energy. Its products include NANOWEB, which is a transparent conductive film; holoOPTIX; ARfusion; metaAIR; and glucoWISE.
Executives
Jennifer K. Cheraso officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 3901 MIDWAY PLACE NE, ALBUQUERQUE NM 87109
James Macmillan Fusaro director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1900 S. PRICE ROAD, CHANDLER AZ 85248
Philippe Morali director 400 N. MCCARTHY BLVD., MILPITAS CA 94089
Georgios Palikaras director, 10 percent owner, officer: See Remarks C/O META MATERIALS INC., 1 RESEARCH DRIVE, DARTMOUTH A5 BY2 4M9
David Daniel Eaton officer: Chief Legal Officer 1706 PASEO DE PERALTA, SANTA FE NM 87501
Uzi Sasson officer: See Remarks 2041 LANDINGS DRIVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Vyomesh Joshi director 17343 VIA DEL CAMPO, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
Eugenia Corrales director C/O SHORETEL, INC., 960 STEWART DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Jonathan Waldern officer: Chief Technical Officer C/O META MATERIALS INC., 1 RESEARCH DRIVE, DARTMOUTH A5 B2Y 4M9
Rice Kenneth L Jr officer: See Remarks C/O 85 MAIN STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Thomas Gordon Welch 10 percent owner 47 PLEASANT STREET, PO BOX 40, CHESTER A5 B0J 1J0
John R Harding director C/O MARIMBA INC, 440 CLYDE AVENUE, MOUNTAINVIEW CA 94043
Steen Karsbo director C/O META MATERIALS INC., 1 RESEARCH DRIVE, DARTMOUTH A5 B2Y 4M9
Michael James Graves director 5700 PLANO PARKWAY, SUITE 3600, PLANO TX 75093
Anne Barber Lambert 10 percent owner 47 PLEASANT STREET, PO BOX 40, CHESTER A5 B0J 1J0