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Vroom (VRM) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -27.10% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Vroom Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Vroom's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,179.2 Mil. Vroom's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-319.5 Mil. Vroom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -27.10%.

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

VRM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -91.61   Med: -17   Max: -2.32
Current: -28.65

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Vroom was -2.32%. The lowest was -91.61%. And the median was -17.00%.

VRM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
95.25% of 1306 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 5.72 vs VRM: -28.65

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) %. Vroom'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.


Vroom Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Vroom Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Vroom Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -4.04 -23.42 -60.98 -27.10

Vroom 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 -60.98 -18.73 -11.44 -12.71 -27.10

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

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Vroom'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.


Vroom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Vroom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vroom 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-319.48/1179.219178
=-27.09 %

Vroom'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 $-319.5 Mil.



Vroom  (NAS:VRM) 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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Vroom (VRM) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3600 West Sam Houston Parkway South, Floor 4, Houston, TX, USA, 77042
Vroom Inc is an end-to-end e-commerce platform for the used vehicle industry. The Company's scalable, data-driven technology brings all phases of the car buying and selling process to consumers offering an extensive selection of used vehicles, transparent pricing, competitive financing, and at-home pick-up and delivery. Its three reportable segments are: The E-commerce segment represents retail sales of used vehicles through its e-commerce platform and fees earned on sales of value-added products associated with those vehicle sales, The Wholesale segment represents sales of used vehicles through wholesale channels, and The Retail Financing segment represents UACC's operations with its network of third-party dealership customers.
Executives
Thomas H Shortt officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O VROOM INC, 1375 BROADWAY, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Agnieszka Zakowicz officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O VROOM, INC., 1375 BROADWAY, FLOOR 11, NEW YORK NY 10018
Robert R. Krakowiak officer: Chief Financial Officer 633 NATALIE LANE, NORTHVILLE MI 48167
Mylod Robert J Jr director
Patricia Moran officer: See remarks GREENHILL & CO., 300 PARK AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Carol Denise Stott officer: See remarks C/O VROOM, INC., 1375 BROADWAY, FLOOR 11, NEW YORK NY 10018
Laura W Lang director DIGITAS INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
Timothy M Crow director 2455 PACES FERRY ROAD, NW, ATLANTA GA 30339
Paul J. Hennessy director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SHUTTERSTOCK, INC., 350 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10118
Catterton Management Company, L.l.c. director, 10 percent owner 599 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
David K. Jones officer: Chief Financial Officer 1375 BROADWAY, FLOOR 11, NEW YORK NY 10018
Scott Arnold Dahnke director, 10 percent owner 599 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Cgp2 Lone Star, L.p. 10 percent owner 599 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06930
Frederick Terrell director 17 STATE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10004
Paula B Pretlow director C/O CION ARES MANAGEMENT LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067

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