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Adesto Technologies (Adesto Technologies) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -4.96% (As of Mar. 2020)


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What is Adesto Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Adesto Technologies's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 was $397.8 Mil. Adesto Technologies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2020 was $-19.6 Mil. Adesto Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 was -4.96%.

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

IOTS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 2.035
* 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) %. Adesto Technologies's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 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.


Adesto Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Adesto Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Adesto Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -6.93 -38.31 -4.01 -11.78 -5.26

Adesto Technologies Quarterly Data
Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20
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 -10.82 -7.96 -5.45 -5.26 -4.96

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

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Adesto Technologies'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.


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

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

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



Adesto Technologies 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.

Adesto Technologiess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-15.708/298.56695
=-5.26 %

Adesto Technologies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-19.6 Mil.



Adesto Technologies  (NAS:IOTS) 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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Adesto Technologies (Adesto Technologies) Business Description

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3600 Peterson Way, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Adesto Technologies Corp is a provider of application-specific semiconductors and embedded systems for the IoT. The company's technology is used by more than 5,000 customers worldwide who are creating differentiated solutions across industrial, consumer, medical and communications markets. With its growing portfolio of high-value technologies, the company is helping its customers usher in the era of the Internet of Things.
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Kevin S. Palatnik director 2655 SEELY AVENUE, BLDG. 5, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Nelson C Chan director C/O SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, 1251 MCKAY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
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Thomas D Spade officer: VP, Worldwide Sales
Herve Fages director EVOQUA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CORP., 210 SIXTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
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Alexei A Andreev director, 10 percent owner HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, 111 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
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