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Twilio (Twilio) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -3.56% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Twilio Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Twilio's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10,970 Mil. Twilio's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-390 Mil. Twilio's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -3.56%.

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

TWLO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -22.47   Med: -1.97   Max: -0.71
Current: -4.72

During the past 11 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Twilio was -0.71%. The lowest was -22.47%. And the median was -1.97%.

TWLO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
62.24% of 580 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0 vs TWLO: -4.72

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) %. Twilio's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Twilio Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Twilio Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Twilio Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.98 -0.93 -2.11 -16.67 -3.56

Twilio 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) % 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 -16.67 -9.66 -8.16 -6.94 -3.56

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

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Twilio'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.


Twilio's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Twilio's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Twilio 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-390.304/10969.52302
=-3.56 %

Twilio'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 $-390 Mil.



Twilio  (NYSE:TWLO) 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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Twilio (Twilio) Business Description

Address
101 Spear Street, Fifth Floor, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105
Twilio is a cloud-based communications platform-as-a-service company offering communication building blocks that allow for a fully customized customer engagement experience spanning voice, video, chat, and SMS messaging. It does this through various application programming interfaces and prebuilt solution applications aimed at improving customer engagement. The company leverages its Super Network, a global network of carrier relationships, to facilitate high-speed, cost-effective communication.
Executives
Aidan Viggiano officer: Chief Financial Officer 101 SPEAR STREET, FIFTH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Dana Wagner officer: Chief Legal Officer, Secretary C/O TWILIO INC., 101 SPEAR STREET, FIRST FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Khozema Shipchandler officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PIVOTAL SOFTWARE, INC., 875 HOWARD STREET, FIFTH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Elena A. Donio director C/O CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 18400 NE UNION HILL RD., REDMOND WA 98052
Charles H Bell director 101 SPEAR STREET, FIFTH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Donna Dubinsky director C/O TWILIO INC., 375 BEALE STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Jeff Lawson director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 645 HARRISON STREET, THIRD FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Eyal Manor officer: Chief Product Officer C/O TWILIO INC., 101 SPEAR STREET, FIRST FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Miyuki Suzuki director C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Marc Boroditsky officer: Chief Revenue Officer 121 W. WACKER DR., SUITE 2050, CHICAGO IL 60614
Richard L Dalzell director PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226
Karyn Smith officer: General Counsel and Secretary TWILIO INC, 645 HARRISON STREET THIRD FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Jeffrey R Immelt director GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 41 FARNSWORTH STREET, BOSTON MA 02210
George Hu officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O YELP INC., 350 MISSION STREET, 10TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Erika Rottenberg director 2029 STIERLIN COURT, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043