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Switch (Switch) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.00% (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Switch Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Switch's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $7,496.4 Mil. Switch's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 was $449.6 Mil. Switch's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 6.00%.

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

SWCH' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.96   Med: 1.37   Max: 6.11
Current: 6.11

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Switch was 6.11%. The lowest was -0.96%. And the median was 1.37%.

SWCH's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.185 vs SWCH: 6.11

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) %. Switch's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was -11.84%. 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.


Switch Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Switch'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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Switch Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Switch Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.95 3.90 2.47 2.22 1.07

Switch Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
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 1.81 1.07 1.08 6.25 6.00

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Switch'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.


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

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

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



Switch 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.

Switchs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=65.051/6107.61068
=1.07 %

Switch's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $449.6 Mil.



Switch  (NYSE:SWCH) 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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Switch (Switch) Business Description

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7135 South Decatur Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89118
Switch Inc is a US-based technology infrastructure company. It is engaged in designing, constructing, and operating hyper-scale data centers. The company has developed patented technologies that have redefined data center space and cooling, allowing customers to deploy high-density and scalable IT architectures to support demanding and critical workloads. Switch owns and operates primary campus locations called Primes. These Primes are The Core Campus in Vegas, Nevada; The Citadel Campus near Reno, Nevada; The Pyramid Campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and The Keep Campus in Atlanta, Georgia. It generates the majority of its revenue through colocation, which includes the licensing and leasing of cabinet space & power.
Executives
Thomas A Thomas director 5241 SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD, LAS VEGAS NV 89150
Teresa A. Borden officer: Chief Construction Officer C/O SWITCH, INC., 7135 SOUTH DECATUR BOULEVARD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Rob Roy director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7135 S. DECATUR BLVD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Erin Thomas Morton 10 percent owner, officer: President and General Counsel 7135 S. DECATUR BLVD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Stella Roy 10 percent owner 410 S. RAMPART BLVD., SUITE 350, LAS VEGAS NV 89145
Jonathan H King officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O SWITCH, INC., 7135 SOUTH DECATUR BOULEVARD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Jason Genrich director C/O SWITCH, INC., 7135 SOUTH DECATUR BOULEVARD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Melissa Young officer: Chief Information Officer C/O SWITCH, INC., 7135 SOUTH DECATUR BOULEVARD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
First St Switch Llc 10 percent owner 1370 JET STREAM DRIVE, SUITE 100, HENDERSON NV 89052
Jeffrey Alan Troesh 10 percent owner 1370 JET STREAM DRIVE, SUITE 100, HENDERSON NV 89052
Eastern Capital Group Llc 10 percent owner 1370 JET STREAM DRIVE, SUITE 100, HENDERSON NV 89052
Family Foundation Troesh 10 percent owner 1370 JET STREAM DRIVE, SUITE 100, HENDERSON NV 89052
Angela N Archon director 294 ROUTE 100, BUILDING 1, SOMERS NY 10589
Liane J Pelletier director 10700 NE 4TH STREET # 4004, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Dt Grat Lm, Llc 10 percent owner 1370 JET STREAM DRIVE, SUITE 100, HENDERSON NV 89052

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