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Professional Diversity Network (Professional Diversity Network) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -20.16% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Professional Diversity Network's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $22.51 Mil. Professional Diversity Network's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-4.54 Mil. Professional Diversity Network's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -20.16%.

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

IPDN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1825.7   Med: -31.86   Max: 516.79
Current: -28.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Professional Diversity Network was 516.79%. The lowest was -1825.70%. And the median was -31.86%.

IPDN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
94.41% of 1110 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.66 vs IPDN: -28.49

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) %. Professional Diversity Network'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.


Professional Diversity Network Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Professional Diversity Network'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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Professional Diversity Network Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -39.37 -15.34 -22.03 -15.17 -20.16

Professional Diversity Network Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -15.17 -7.40 -10.09 -17.76 -20.16

Competitive Comparison

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Professional Diversity Network'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.


Professional Diversity Network Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Professional Diversity Network's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Professional Diversity Network 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.

Professional Diversity Networks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-4.539/22.50556
=-20.17 %

Professional Diversity Network'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 $-4.54 Mil.



Professional Diversity Network  (NAS:IPDN) 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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Professional Diversity Network (Professional Diversity Network) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
55 East Monroe Street, Suite 2120, Chicago, IL, USA, 60603
Professional Diversity Network Inc is engaged in providing access to networking, training, educational and employment services to its registered users. It has three operating segments: the Professional Diversity Network (PDN) segment, which includes online professional networking communities with career resources for diverse cultural groups and employers looking to hire members; and the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) segment, which is a women-only professional networking organization, the RemoteMore segment. The company generates revenues from paid membership subscriptions and related services, recruitment services, product sales, education & training, and consumer advertising & consumer marketing solutions.
Executives
Yu-jin Chou officer: Secretary 55 E MONROE STREET, SUITE2120, CHICAGO IL 60603
Hongjun Chen 10 percent owner 55 E MONROE STREET, STE 2250, CHICAGO IL 60603
Larry S Aichler officer: Interim CFO 55 E MONROE ST, STE 2120, CHICAGO IL 60603
Christopher Renn director 55 E MONROE ST, SUITE# 2120, CHICAGO IL 60603
Esquivel Russell J Jr. officer: SVP 26844 N 73RD DR, PEORIA AZ 85383
Megan Elizabeth Bozzuto officer: SVP 162 EAST ST, SHARON MA 02067
Grace Reyes director 1191 SOLANO AVENUE #6315, ALBANY CA 94706
Charles Martin Obrien officer: Interim CFO 1131 WARWICK CIRCLE N., HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60169
Malven Group Ltd 10 percent owner UNIT A, 21/F., CMA BUILDING, 64 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, CENTRAL K3 00000
Shea Courtney C. director 1555 N. ASTOR STREET, APARTMENT 9W, CHICAGO IL 60610
Maoji Wang director 13-1-902, BAIWANGJIAYUAN EAST SECTOR, DONGBEIWANG, HAIDIAN DISTRICT, BEIJING F4 000000
Lida Fang director 77 N 3RD RING MIDDLE RD, 24TH FLOOR, ROOM 1105, BEIJING F4 100080
Haibin Gong director 408 NO. 18 BLDG XILI MAJIABAO YANGQIAO, FENGTAI DISTRICT BEIJING CITY F4 100039
Michael D Belsky director 213 LEONARD WOOD NORTH, UNIT 101, HIGHLAND PARK IL 60035
James R Kirsch director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 801 W. ADAMS STREET SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60607