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Vuzix (VUZI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -46.30% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Vuzix's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $108.70 Mil. Vuzix's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-50.35 Mil. Vuzix's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -46.30%.

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

VUZI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -99.01   Med: -17.88   Max: -1.57
Current: -95.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Vuzix was -1.57%. The lowest was -99.01%. And the median was -17.88%.

VUZI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
98.18% of 2474 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.315 vs VUZI: -95.24

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) %. Vuzix'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.


Vuzix Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vuzix'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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Vuzix Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -45.87 -5.04 -9.24 -26.67 -46.30

Vuzix 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) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -26.67 -21.51 -15.43 -22.83 -46.30

Competitive Comparison

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Vuzix'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.


Vuzix Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Vuzix 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-50.354/108.6978335
=-46.32 %

Vuzix'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 $-50.35 Mil.



Vuzix  (NAS:VUZI) 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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Vuzix (VUZI) Business Description

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25 Hendrix Road, Suite A, West Henrietta, NY, USA, 14586
Vuzix Corp is engaged in design, manufacture, marketing and sale of augmented reality wearable display and computing devices, also referred to as head mounted displays in the form of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality glasses. Geographically, the company generates majority of the revenue from United States and also has its presence in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Others.
Executives
Paul J Travers director, officer: President and CEO 75 TOWN CENTRE DR, ROCHESTER NY 14623
Kay Edward William Jr. director 55 MITCHELL ROAD, PITTSFORD NY 14534
Peter Hamilton Jameson officer: Chief Operating Officer 5 CHIPMUNK TRL, PITTSFORD NY 14534
Raj Rajgopal director C/O VIRTUSA CORPORATION, 2000 WEST PARK DRIVE, WESTBOROUGH MA 01581
Grant Russell director, officer: CFO and Executive VP VUZIX CORPORATION, 75 TOWN CENTRE DR, ROCHESTER NY 14623
Timothy Heydenreich Harned director 71 MAUGUS AVENUE, WELLESLEY MA 02481
Emily Nagle Green director CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Azita Arvani director 1522 LOMA DRIVE, HERMOSA BEACH CA 90254
Intel Corp 10 percent owner 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, RNB-4-151, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Alexander Ruckdaeschel director 123 EAST 83RD STREET, APT 3-B, NEW YORK NY 10028
Paul A Boris director, officer: Chief Operating Officer 2561 VERONICA DRIVE, CHESTER SPRINGS PA 19425
William Lee director 75 TOWN CENTRE DR, C/O VUZIX CORPORATION, ROCHESTER NY 14623
Michael Dennis Scott director 1211 21ST STREET, HERMOSA BEACH CA 90254
Michael Edwards Mccrackan officer: Vice President of Operations 38 TURNING LEAF DRIVE, PITTSFORD NY 14534
Cecin Jose A Jr director C/O MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP, 10802 PARKRIDGE BLVD, RESTON VA 20191