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Sound Group (Sound Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -4.99% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Sound Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sound Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $-59.8 Mil. Sound Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $3.0 Mil. Sound Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -4.99%.

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

SOGP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -336.41   Med: -9.24   Max: 1353.69
Current: -4.66

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sound Group was 1353.69%. The lowest was -336.41%. And the median was -9.24%.

SOGP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
65.06% of 581 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0 vs SOGP: -4.66

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) %. Sound Group'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.


Sound Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Sound Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sound Group Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - -9.16 -454.55 -23.04

Sound Group Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 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 -20.58 -23.04 -29.24 -31.65 -4.99

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

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Sound Group'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.


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

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

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



Sound Group 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.

Sound Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=11.62/-50.486107
=-23.02 %

Sound Group'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 $3.0 Mil.



Sound Group  (NAS:SOGP) 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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Sound Group (Sound Group) Business Description

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Address
Yangcheng Creative Industry Zone, No. 309 Middle Huangpu Avenue, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, CHN, 510655
Lizhi Inc is engaged in the operation of providing audio entertainment, podcast, advertising, and others in the People's Republic of China. The company aims to bring people closer together through voices through its product portfolios. It offers LIZHI App, an online UGC audio community, an interactive audio entertainment platform, and an online audio platform in China. The group's revenues comprise audio entertainment revenue, podcast, advertising, and other revenue. It derives a majority of its revenue from the People's Republic of China.

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