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International Business Machines (NEOE:IBM) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.25% (As of Dec. 2023)
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International Business Machines's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$245,049 Mil. International Business Machines's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was C$13,847 Mil. International Business Machines's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.25%.

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

NEOE:IBM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.07   Med: 7.3   Max: 11.99
Current: 4.79

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of International Business Machines was 11.99%. The lowest was 1.07%. And the median was 7.30%.

NEOE:IBM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
68.68% of 2842 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.235 vs NEOE:IBM: 4.79

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) %. International Business Machines's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -4.07%. 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.


International Business Machines Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for International Business Machines'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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International Business Machines 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 4.94 2.43 3.57 1.37 5.25

International Business Machines 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 1.37 1.75 1.97 5.55 5.25

Competitive Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, International Business Machines'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.


International Business Machines Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



International Business Machines 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=13814.455/245049.0044
=5.64 %

International Business Machines'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 C$13,847 Mil.



International Business Machines  (NEOE:IBM) 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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International Business Machines (NEOE:IBM) Business Description

Address
One New Orchard Road, Armonk, NY, USA, 10504
IBM looks to be a part of every aspect of an enterprise's IT needs. The company primarily sells software, IT services, consulting, and hardware. IBM operates in 175 countries and employs approximately 350,000 people. The company has a robust roster of 80,000 business partners to service 5,200 clients—which includes 95% of all Fortune 500. While IBM is a B2B company, IBM's outward impact is substantial. For example, IBM manages 90% of all credit card transactions globally and is responsible for 50% of all wireless connections in the world.