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Aerohive Networks (Aerohive Networks) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -11.86% (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Aerohive Networks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Aerohive Networks's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was $184.4 Mil. Aerohive Networks's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 was $-21.9 Mil. Aerohive Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was -11.86%.

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

HIVE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 3.35
* 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) %. Aerohive Networks's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 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.


Aerohive Networks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Aerohive Networks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Aerohive Networks Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -18.76 -23.92 -15.55 -8.35 -15.85

Aerohive Networks Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
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 -11.99 -10.11 -15.85 -9.48 -11.86

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Aerohive Networks'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.


Aerohive Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Aerohive Networks 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-17.429/110.027376
=-15.84 %

Aerohive Networks's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-21.9 Mil.



Aerohive Networks  (NYSE:HIVE) 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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Aerohive Networks (Aerohive Networks) Business Description

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1011 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, CA, USA, 95035
Aerohive Networks Inc. designs and develops cloud networking and enterprise Wi-Fi solutions. The firm has three primary technologies: enterprise cloud networking, which offers solutions to manage the complexity of supporting large number of devices; Wi-Fi connectivity, which offers access points and wired devices built around a distributed architecture; and application and insights, which analyzes data to offer new information. More than half of the firm's revenue is generated in the Americas, with the rest coming from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, plus the Asia Pacific region.
Executives
Curtis E Garner director C/O AEROHIVE NETWORKS, INC., 330 GIBRALTAR DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Remo Canessa director C/O ZSCALER, INC., 110 ROSE ORCHARD WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Stephen Debenham officer: VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary 46897 BAYSIDE PARKWAY FREMONT CA 94638
Ingrid Burton director 1011 MCCARTHY BOULEVARD --, MILPITAS CA 95035
John Ritchie officer: SVP, CFO & COO 303 VELOCITY WAY, FOSTER CITY X1 94404
John Gordon Payne director 851 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Frank Marshall director 3975 FREEDOM CIRCLE, C/O PMC SIERRA INC, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
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