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UserTesting (UserTesting) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -15.31% (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is UserTesting Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

UserTesting's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $416.9 Mil. UserTesting's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 was $-63.9 Mil. UserTesting's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was -15.31%.

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

USER's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.185
* 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) %. UserTesting's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 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.


UserTesting Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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UserTesting Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

UserTesting Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -4.93

UserTesting Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 - -4.93 -3.91 -10.67 -15.31

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, UserTesting'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.


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

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UserTesting 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-51.176/1037.50622
=-4.93 %

UserTesting'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 $-63.9 Mil.



UserTesting  (NYSE:USER) 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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UserTesting (UserTesting) Business Description

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UserTesting Inc is a video-first, enterprise-grade software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables organizations to see and hear the experiences of real people as they engage with products, designs, apps, processes, concepts, or brands. Its platform captures customer perspectives from targeted audiences who have opted to share their thoughts.
Executives
Stepstone Vc Secondaries Fund Iv, L.p. 10 percent owner 4225 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 1600, LA JOLLA CA 90237
Stepstone Vc Global Partners, Vii-a, L.p. 10 percent owner 4225 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 1600, LA JOLLA CA 90237
Darrell Benatar director C/O USERTESTING, INC., 144 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Stepstone Vc Global Partners Vii-c, L.p. 10 percent owner 4225 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 1600, LA JOLLA CA 90237
Stepstone Vc General Partner Vii, L.p. 10 percent owner 4225 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 1600, LA JOLLA CA 90237
Stepstone Vc Opportunities Iii, L.p. 10 percent owner 4225 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 1600, LA JOLLA CA 90237
Stepstone Vc Opportunities General Partner Iii, L.p. 10 percent owner 4225 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 1600, LA JOLLA CA 90237
Stepstone Vc Secondaries Fund Iii, L.p. 10 percent owner 4225 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 1600, LA JOLLA CA 90237
Stepstone Vc Secondaries General Partner Iii, L.p. 10 percent owner 4225 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 1600, LA JOLLA CA 90237
Stepstone Vc Secondaries General Partner Iv, L.p. 10 percent owner 4225 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 1600, LA JOLLA CA 90237
Stepstone Il Special Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 100 PAINTERS MILL ROAD, SUITE 700, OWINGS MILLS MD 21117
Accel Growth Fund Iii Associates L.l.c. 10 percent owner 428 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Stepstone Group Lp 10 percent owner 4225 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 1600, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Accel Growth Fund Iii L.p. 10 percent owner 428 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Accel Growth Fund Iii Strategic Partners L.p. 10 percent owner 428 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94301

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