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Amber Road (Amber Road) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -3.35% (As of Mar. 2019)


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What is Amber Road Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Amber Road's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $265.87 Mil. Amber Road's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2019 was $-8.90 Mil. Amber Road's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was -3.35%.

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

AMBR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.19
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Amber Road's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 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.


Amber Road Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Amber Road Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Amber Road Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -11.92 -19.38 -6.86 -5.34 -4.57

Amber Road Quarterly Data
Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19
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 -4.84 -4.21 -3.90 -4.57 -3.35

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Amber Road'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.


Amber Road's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Amber Road 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.

Amber Roads Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-11.839/242.850545
=-4.88 %

Amber Road's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-8.90 Mil.



Amber Road  (NYSE:AMBR) 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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Amber Road (Amber Road) Business Description

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One Meadowlands Plaza, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073
Amber Road Inc is a provider of cloud-based global trade management solution. Its solution modules and services include import and export management, global sourcing, risk and quality management, production management, transportation management, supply chain visibility, duty management and professional services.The firm generates revenue from the sale of subscriptions and subscription-related professional services.
Executives
Ralph E Faison director 12220 WORLD TRADE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92128
Rudy Howard director 322 WINDCHASE LANE, WILMINGTON NC 28409
Neil Gagnon 10 percent owner 1370 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Donald R Caldwell 10 percent owner 5 RADNOR CORP CENTER STE 555, RADNOR PA 19087
Co Investment 2000 Fund Lp 10 percent owner
Xatf Management Ii Lp 10 percent owner 5 RADNOR CORPORATE CENTER, STE 555, RADNOR PA 19087
Co-invest Capital Partners Inc 10 percent owner 5 RADNOR CORPORATE CENTER, SUITE 555, 100 MATSONFORD ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Co-invest Management Lp 10 percent owner 5 RADNOR CORPORATE CENTER, SUITE 555, 100 MATSONFORD ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc. 10 percent owner FIVE RADNOR CORPORATE CENTER, SUITE 555, 100 MATSONFORD ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Cross Atlantic Technology Fund Ii Lp 10 percent owner 5 RANDOR CORPORATE CENTER STE 555, RANDNOR PA 19087
Goldman Sachs & Co. Llc 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282