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comScore (comScore) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -73.53% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is comScore Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

comScore's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $103.6 Mil. comScore's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-76.4 Mil. comScore's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -73.53%.

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

SCOR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -119.64   Med: -8.92   Max: 0.21
Current: -81.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of comScore was 0.21%. The lowest was -119.64%. And the median was -8.92%.

SCOR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
92.76% of 580 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0 vs SCOR: -81.97

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) %. comScore'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.


comScore Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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comScore Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

comScore 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 -56.50 -2.81 -12.18 -45.66 -73.53

comScore 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 -45.66 -18.98 -35.84 -18.52 -73.53

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

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, comScore'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.


comScore's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, comScore's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



comScore 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-76.383/103.645838
=-73.70 %

comScore'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 $-76.4 Mil.



comScore  (NAS:SCOR) 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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comScore (comScore) Business Description

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comScore Inc is a United States-based company that provides digital media analytics services to customers in the media, advertising, and marketing industries. Its products are categorized into audience measurement products and services, advertising products and services, and enterprise solutions. The audience measurement products and services help clients measure the size and features of online users. The advertising products and services provide customers with solutions to optimize and assess digital advertising performance. The enterprise solutions help customers optimize businesses through digital media analytics. The company generates almost all its revenue from the United States, Europe, and Canada.
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Stephen Bagdasarian officer: Chief Commercial Officer 11950 DEMOCRACY DRIVE, STE. 600, RESTON VA 20190
Mary Margaret Curry officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O COMSCORE, INC., 11950 DEMOCRACY DRIVE, SUITE 600, RESTON VA 20190
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Jonathan Carpenter officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O COMSCORE, INC., 11950 DEMOCRACY DRIVE STE. 600, RESTON VA 20190
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