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Sonic Foundry (Sonic Foundry) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -86.96% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Sonic Foundry Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sonic Foundry's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $19.92 Mil. Sonic Foundry's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $-17.35 Mil. Sonic Foundry's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -86.96%.

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

SOFO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -243.05   Med: -11.33   Max: 6.67
Current: -144.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sonic Foundry was 6.67%. The lowest was -243.05%. And the median was -11.33%.

SOFO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
96.77% of 2845 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs SOFO: -144.93

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) %. Sonic Foundry's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.


Sonic Foundry Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Sonic Foundry Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sonic Foundry Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -26.18 2.46 11.36 -55.25 -86.96

Sonic Foundry Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 -55.25 -76.92 -58.82 -78.74 -86.96

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sonic Foundry'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.


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

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

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



Sonic Foundry 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.

Sonic Foundrys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-17.346/19.91586944
=-87.10 %

Sonic Foundry's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-17.35 Mil.



Sonic Foundry  (OTCPK:SOFO) 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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Sonic Foundry (Sonic Foundry) Business Description

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Address
222 W. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI, USA, 53703
Sonic Foundry Inc is engaged in the business of providing video enterprise solutions and services for the digital-first, distance learning, and corporate communications market. It offers video capture, management, and streaming solutions as well as virtual and hybrid events in education, business, and government. Sonic Foundry's family of brands includes Mediasite, Video Solutions, Vidable and Global Learning Exchange. The company also offers video solutions, including Mediasite Video Platform, Mediasite Video Cloud, Mediasite Capture Solutions, Mediasite Events, Mediasite Services, and Mediasite Customer Care. The company has a geographical presence in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, Asia, and other places.
Executives
Brian Wiegand director 8215 GREENWAY BLVD, SUITE 340, MIDDLETON WI 53562
Ron W Busslinger 10 percent owner 27901 VIA DEL AGUA, LAGUNA NIGUEL CA 92677
Joe Jr Mozden director 3423 WILD PRAIRIE LN, GENEVA IL 60134
Kenneth A Minor officer: Chief Financial Officer
Nelson A Murphy director 2300 W INNES ST, SALISBURY NC 28144
Taha Jangda director 3827 LINKLEA DRIVE, HOUSTON TX 77025
Lawrence William St director 23 ASHLAND STREET, NEWBURYPORT MA 01950-1905
Kelsy L Boyd director 2839 PLEASANT VIEW HTS, COTTAGE GROVE WI 53527
Michael Norregaard officer: Chief Operating Officer 4891 ENCHANTED VALLEY ROAD, MIDDLETON WI 53562
Andrew D. Burish 10 percent owner 8020 EXCELSIOR DRIVE, MADISON WI 53717
David Slayton director 701 WASHINGTON AVE N. SUITE #400, MINNEAPOLIS WI 55401
Gary Weis director, officer: Chief Executive Officer & CTO
Kopko Frederick H Jr director 4901 S ELLIS AVE, CHICAGO IL 60615
Mark D Burish director HURLEY, BURISH, MILLIKEN S.C., 301 NORTH BROOM STREET, MADISON WI 53703
David Kleinman director