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Sunworks (Sunworks) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -208.33% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Sunworks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sunworks's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $29.5 Mil. Sunworks's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $-61.7 Mil. Sunworks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -208.33%.

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

SUNWQ' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1267.1   Med: -34.84   Max: 9.19
Current: -1111.11

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sunworks was 9.19%. The lowest was -1267.10%. And the median was -34.84%.

SUNWQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
100% of 998 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 2.045 vs SUNWQ: -1111.11

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) %. Sunworks's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.


Sunworks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Sunworks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sunworks Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -64.10 -78.13 -17.57 -35.71 -52.63

Sunworks Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 -39.06 -52.63 -48.54 -64.52 -208.33

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

For the Solar subindustry, Sunworks'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.


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

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

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



Sunworks 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.

Sunworkss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-27.945/52.9655
=-52.76 %

Sunworks's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-61.7 Mil.



Sunworks  (OTCPK:SUNWQ) 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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Sunworks (Sunworks) Business Description

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Address
1555 Freedom Boulevard, Provo, UT, USA, 84604
Sunworks Inc provides photovoltaic (PV) and battery-based power and storage systems for the residential and commercial markets. Commercial projects include commercial, agricultural, industrial, and public works projects. It has three operating segments; Residential Solar offers design, arrangement to finance, integrate, install, and manage systems for residential homeowners, Commercial Solar offers design, arrangement to finance, integration, install, and manage systems ranging in size from 50kW (kilowatt) to multi-MW (megawatt) systems for larger commercial and public works projects, and Corporate segment includes general company oversight and management. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the residential solar segment.
Executives
Mark Trout officer: Group CEO of Solcius 1598 E. BOX ELDER DRIVE, ALPINE UT 84004
Jason Lee Bonfigt officer: Chief Financial Officer 3240 S. CENTRAL AVE., CICERO IL 60804
Gaylon Morris director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1030 WINDING CREEK ROAD, SUITE 100, ROSEVILLE CA 95678
Mccullough Patrick Clement Jr. director 3858 WEST 12240 SOUTH, PAYSON UT 84651
Christopher Gardner Monahan officer: Chief Legal Officer 1555 FREEDOM BLVD 200 WEST, PROVO UT 84604
Jason Scott Knapp officer: President of Solcius 3858 WEST 12240 SOUTH, PAYSON UT 84651
Charles F Cargile director C/O SUNWORKS, INC., 1010 WINDING CREEK ROAD, SUITE 100, ROSEVILLE CA 95678
Judith Ann Hall director C/O SUNWORKS, INC., 1030 WINDING CREEK ROAD, SUITE 100, ROSEVILLE CA 95678
Philip A. Radmilovic officer: Chief Financial Officer 3569 MINERS RAVINE DR., ROSEVILLE CA 95661
Stanley E Speer director 100 WILSHIRE BLVD, STE 1600, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Joshua Schechter director C/O THE PANTRY, INC., 305 GREGSON DRIVE, CARY NC 27511
Daniel Andrew Gross director C/0 SUNWORKS, INC, 1030 WINDING CREEK ROAD, SUITE 100, ROSEVILLE CA 34110
Abraham Richard Emard director 2690 TAYLOR ROAD, PENRYN CA 95663
Paul Clayton Mcdonnel officer: Chief Financial Officer ARROWHEAD RESEARCH CORPORATION, 201 SOUTH LAKE AVENUE, SUITE 703, PASADENA CA 91101
Slooten John Van director 1592 RED TREE COURT, DRAPER UT 84020