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SolarWinds (SolarWinds) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.90% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SolarWinds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

SolarWinds's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,060.3 Mil. SolarWinds's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $150.0 Mil. SolarWinds's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.90%.

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

SWI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -35.63   Med: 1.04   Max: 5.37
Current: 5.27

During the past 8 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of SolarWinds was 5.37%. The lowest was -35.63%. And the median was 1.04%.

SWI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
70.71% of 2851 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs SWI: 5.27

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) %. SolarWinds'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.


SolarWinds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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SolarWinds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

SolarWinds Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.64 1.23 -0.92 -31.15 4.90

SolarWinds 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 -31.15 -31.45 -6.17 5.06 4.90

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

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, SolarWinds'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.


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

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

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



SolarWinds 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=149.987/3060.29362
=4.90 %

SolarWinds'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 $150.0 Mil.



SolarWinds  (NYSE:SWI) 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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SolarWinds (SolarWinds) Business Description

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7171 Southwest Parkway, Building 400, Austin, TX, USA, 78735
SolarWinds Corp is a provider of information technology (IT), and management software. Company offers full-stack observability solutions. The company's business is focused on building products that enable technology professionals and leaders to securely monitor and manage the performance of their IT environments, whether on-premises, in the cloud or in hybrid deployments. The products offered are designed to monitor and manage networks, systems, databases and applications across on-premises, multi-cloud and hybrid IT environments without the need for customization or professional services. Majority of company's revenue is earned in United States.
Executives
Easwaran Sundaram director C/O JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION, 27-01 QUEENS PLAZA NORTH, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Jason Bliss officer: EVP General Counsel 7171 SOUTHWEST PKWY STE 400, AUSTIN TX 78735-6140
Rohini Kasturi officer: EVP, Chief Product Officer 7171 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, BUILDING 400, AUSTIN TX 78735
Andrea Webb officer: EVP, Chief Customer Officer 7171 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, BUILDING 400, AUSTIN TX 78735
Sudhakar Ramakrishna director, officer: CEO & President 4750 WILLOW RD., PLEASANTON CA 94588
Cathleen A Benko director ONE BOWERMAN DRIVE, BEAVERTON OR 97005
Douglas P Smith director C/O SILVER LAKE, 2776 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
David Gardiner officer: Executive VP, Core IT 7171 SOUTHWEST PKWY STE 400, AUSTIN TX 78735-6140
James Barton Kalsu officer: EVP CFO & Treasurer 7171 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, BUILDING 400, AUSTIN TX 78735
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