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Pluralsight (Pluralsight) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -4.08% (As of Dec. 2020)


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What is Pluralsight Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Pluralsight's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was $3,302.2 Mil. Pluralsight's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was $-134.9 Mil. Pluralsight's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was -4.08%.

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

PS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.185
* 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) %. Pluralsight's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


Pluralsight Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Pluralsight Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Pluralsight Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -4.41 -5.43 -4.08

Pluralsight Quarterly Data
Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
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 -5.43 -8.61 -5.22 -5.01 -4.08

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Pluralsight'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.


Pluralsight's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Pluralsight 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.

Pluralsights Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-134.877/3302.211
=-4.08 %

Pluralsight's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-134.9 Mil.



Pluralsight  (NAS:PS) 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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Pluralsight (Pluralsight) Business Description

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42 Future Way, Draper, UT, USA, 84020
Pluralsight Inc operates as an enterprise software company. It primarily offers technology skill development solutions through its cloud-based technology learning platform that is broadly accessible. The platform is powered by Iris, the company's proprietary machine-learning driven skill assessment algorithm and recommendation engine, which enables businesses to more effectively quantify and develop skills across technologies. Pluralsight offers courses across a range of technology subject areas, including cloud, mobile, security, information technology, and data. The company has geographical footprints in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and other foreign locations. It generates a majority of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
James Budge officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PLURALSIGHT, INC. 182 NORTH UNION AVENUE FARMINGTON UT 84025
Ross Meyercord officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O PLURALSIGHT, INC. 182 N. UNION AVE. FARMINGTON UT 84025
Matthew Forkner officer: Chief Legal Officer, Secretary 182 N. UNION AVENUE FARMINGTON UT 84025
Aaron Skonnard director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-Founder, CEO, & Chairman 182 N. UNION AVENUE, FARMINGTON UT 84025
Skonnard Consulting, Inc. other: Relation to Reporting Person 182 N. UNION AVENUE FARMINGTON UT 84025
Timothy I Maudlin director 18739 VOGEL FARM TRAIL, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Ryan Hinkle director C/O INSIGHT VENTURE MANAGEMENT, LLC, 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 36TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Karenann K Terrell director C/O PLURALSIGHT, INC., 182 NORTH UNION AVENUE, FARMINGTON UT 84025
Onion Consulting, Inc. other: Relation to Reporting Person 182 N. UNION AVENUE FARMINGTON UT 84025
Frederick Onion director, 10 percent owner, other: Co-Founder 182 N. UNION AVENUE FARMINGTON UT 84025
Insight Holdings Group, Llc 10 percent owner 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 36TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Scott D Dorsey director C/O PLURALSIGHT, INC., 182 NORTH UNION AVENUE, FARMINGTON UT 84025
Ivp Cif Ii (aip A), L.p. 10 percent owner 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK NY 10036
Ivp Cif Ii (ps Splitter), L.p. 10 percent owner 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK NY 10036
Leah C. Johnson director 182 NORTH UNION AVENUE, FARMINGTON UT 84025

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