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Symbolic Logic (Symbolic Logic) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 33.78% (As of Sep. 2022)
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Symbolic Logic's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $-13.04 Mil. Symbolic Logic's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 was $-4.40 Mil. Symbolic Logic's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 33.78%.

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

EVOL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 25.91
Current: 25.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Symbolic Logic was 25.91%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

EVOL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.185 vs EVOL: 25.91

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) %. Symbolic Logic's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 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.


Symbolic Logic Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* 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.

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Symbolic Logic Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.51 -107.53 -77.52 -11.79 28.65

Symbolic Logic Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -24.81 28.65 29.94 34.25 33.78

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Symbolic Logic'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.


Symbolic Logic Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Symbolic Logic 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.

Symbolic Logics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-3.43/-11.986632
=28.62 %

Symbolic Logic's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4.40 Mil.



Symbolic Logic  (OTCPK:EVOL) 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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Symbolic Logic (Symbolic Logic) Business Description

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Address
9800 Pyramid Court, Suite 400, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112
Symbolic Logic Inc is a research and development organization with two significant pre-revenue focus areas that leverage the experience gained from having deployed real-time systems to over a billion real-time users at evolving.
Executives
Ccur Holdings, Inc. 10 percent owner 6470 EAST JOHNS CROSSING, SUITE 490, DULUTH GA 30097
Karen Singer 10 percent owner 212 VACCARO DRIVE, CRESSKILL NJ 07626
Matthew Stecker director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 711 SOUTH BRYN MAWR AVE., BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Mark Paul Szynkowski officer: SVP FINANCE 44 LAKEVIEW DRIVE, MONROE NY 10950
Steven G Singer director 2200 FLETCHER AVENUE, SUITE 501, FORT LEE NJ 07024
Igor Volshteyn director 6470 EAST JOHNS CROSSING, DULUTH GA 30097
David S Oros director 9777 PYRAMID COURT, SUITE 100, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Piton Capital Partners Llc 10 percent owner C/O NORTH BAY ASSOCIATES, 14000 QUAIL SPRINGS PARKWAY, SUITE 2200, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73134
David J Nicol director 9777 PYRAMID COURT 100, C/O EVOLVING SYSTEMS INC, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Julie Gosal officer: SVP Finance 9777 PYRAMID COURT, SUITE 100, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Richard A. Dinkel officer: SVP FINANCE 9777 PYRAMID COURT, SUITE 100, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Richard Ramlall director 196 VAN BUREN STREET, HERNDON VA 20170
Julian D. Singer director 2200 FLETCHER AVENUE, SUITE 501, FORT LEE NJ 07024
Thomas Thekkethala director, officer: President 9777 PYRAMID COURT, SUITE 100, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Daniel J Moorhead officer: CFO 9777 PYRAMID CT, STE 100, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112

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