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Ellie Mae (Ellie Mae) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.67% (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Ellie Mae Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Ellie Mae's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $1,882.3 Mil. Ellie Mae's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was $12.6 Mil. Ellie Mae's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 0.67%.

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

ELLI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.15
* 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) %. Ellie Mae's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 21.48%. 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.


Ellie Mae Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Ellie Mae Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Ellie Mae Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.99 2.04 2.32 1.49 0.67

Ellie Mae Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
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 1.49 1.17 0.67 0.53 0.67

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Ellie Mae'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.


Ellie Mae's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Ellie Mae 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=10.88/1882.31825
=0.58 %

Ellie Mae's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $12.6 Mil.



Ellie Mae  (NYSE:ELLI) 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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Ellie Mae (Ellie Mae) Business Description

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Ellie Mae Inc is a provider of on-demand software solutions and services for the residential mortgage industry. Its solutions provide a system to allow banks, credit unions, and mortgage lenders to originate and fund mortgages. The company's solutions include customer relationship management, loan processing, underwriting, compliance, and overall enterprise management capabilities. The company derives revenue from transaction-based fees and subscription fees to its Software-as-a-Service solutions, which are typically sold on an annual basis. All of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States.
Executives
Rajat Taneja director C/O ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., 209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, LEGAL DEPT., REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Marina Levinson director C/O ELLIE MAE, INC., 4420 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 500, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Robert J Levin director ELLIE MAE, INC., 4420 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 500, PLEASANTON CA 94588
A Barr Dolan director ELLIE MAE, INC., 4420 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 500, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Karen Blasing director 4420 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 500, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Peter Hirsch officer: EVP, Technology & Operations C/O ELLIE MAE, INC., 4420 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Alan S. Henricks director MODEL N, INC., 777 MARINERS ISLAND BLVD., SUITE 300, SAN MATEO CA 94404
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C.m. Capital Advisors, Llc 10 percent owner 525 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 1400, PALO ALTO CA 94301

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