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Software Service (TSE:3733) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 14.03% (As of Jan. 2024)
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Software Service's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 円55,013 Mil. Software Service's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was 円7,721 Mil. Software Service's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 14.03%.

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

TSE:3733' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.55   Med: 12.04   Max: 29.7
Current: 14.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Software Service was 29.70%. The lowest was 5.55%. And the median was 12.04%.

TSE:3733's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
93.33% of 675 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 2.66 vs TSE:3733: 14.06

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) %. Software Service's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.


Software Service Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Software Service Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.69 6.14 13.44 13.16 19.16

Software Service Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.82 15.50 13.64 19.16 14.03

Competitive Comparison

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Software Service'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.


Software Service Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Software Service's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Software Service 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.

Software Services Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=6516.653/34020.394
=19.16 %

Software Service's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was 円7,721 Mil.



Software Service  (TSE:3733) 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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Software Service (TSE:3733) Business Description

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Address
4-2-30, Miyahara, Osaka, JPN
Software Service, Inc installs, develops and sells Electric Medical Record System, Hospital Total Ordering System, and nursing support system. The product line includes - Anesthesia recording system, Dialysis management system, Infection control system, Bacterial test system, Personnel payroll system, Visiting system for nursing, In-home medical care, Office-based care system, Hospital entrance care system, among others.

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