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Intermolecular (Intermolecular) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -24.75% (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Intermolecular Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Intermolecular's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was $47.95 Mil. Intermolecular's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 was $-11.86 Mil. Intermolecular's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was -24.75%.

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

IMI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 2.02
* 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) %. Intermolecular's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 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.


Intermolecular Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Intermolecular Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Intermolecular Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -39.53 -26.39 -69.44 -22.08 -21.93

Intermolecular Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
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 -4.82 -5.54 -21.93 -13.85 -24.75

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

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Intermolecular'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.


Intermolecular's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



Intermolecular 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.

Intermoleculars Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-4.348/19.801025
=-21.96 %

Intermolecular's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-11.86 Mil.



Intermolecular  (NAS:IMI) 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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Intermolecular (Intermolecular) Business Description

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3011 North First Street, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134
Intermolecular Inc operates in the technology sector based in the United States. It manufactures and sells support materials for the semiconductor industry. Its HPC platform, which consists of the Tempus processing tools, automated characterization methods and Informatics analysis software, is purpose-built for research and development ("R&D") using combinatorial process systems in concert with established CVD, physical vapor deposition ("PVD") and atomic layer deposition ("ALD") deposition methods. It caters to semiconductor device, semiconductor materials and equipment and clean energy market companies primarily in the Asia-Pacific region.
Executives
Raging Capital Management, Llc 10 percent owner TEN PRINCETON AVENUE, PO BOX 228, ROCKY HILL NJ 08553-0228
Christian Kramer director, officer: President and CEO 6 DAVIS AVE APT B22, RYE NY 10580
Irwin Federman 10 percent owner 2735 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Kenneth H Traub director
William C Martin 10 percent owner C/O RAGING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, TEN PRINCETON AVENUE, PO BOX 228, ROCKY HILL NJ 08553
Bill Roeschlein officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SELECTICA, INC., 3 WEST PLUMERIA, SAN JOSE CA 95134
George Scalise director
Marvin D Burkett director C/O ENTEGRIS, INC., 129 CONCORD ROAD, BILLERICA MA 01821
Redpoint Ventures Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 3000 SAND HILL ROAD, BUILDING 2, SUITE 290, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Redpoint Associates Ii, Llc 10 percent owner 3000 SAND HILL ROAD, BUILDING 2, SUITE 290, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Redpoint Ventures Ii, Llc 10 percent owner 3000 SAND HILL ROAD, BUILDING 2, SUITE 290, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Neil S Subin other: Former 10% Owner 2336 S.E. OCEAN BOULEVARD, #400, STUART FL 34996
Presidio Management Group Ix, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 2735 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Steven M Krausz 10 percent owner 2735 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
U S Venture Partners Ix L P 10 percent owner 2735 SAND HILL RD, MENLO PARK CA 94025

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