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Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.84% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Townsquare Media Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Townsquare Media's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $668.4 Mil. Townsquare Media's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-12.3 Mil. Townsquare Media's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -1.84%.

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

TSQ' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -29.07   Med: 6.38   Max: 11.03
Current: -1.82

During the past 12 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Townsquare Media was 11.03%. The lowest was -29.07%. And the median was 6.38%.

TSQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
66.57% of 1053 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.81 vs TSQ: -1.82

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) %. Townsquare Media'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.


Townsquare Media Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Townsquare Media Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Townsquare Media Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.38 -11.35 8.80 7.83 -1.84

Townsquare Media 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 7.83 6.61 3.98 0.61 -1.84

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

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Townsquare Media'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.


Townsquare Media's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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



Townsquare Media 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-12.28/668.397296
=-1.84 %

Townsquare Media'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 $-12.3 Mil.



Townsquare Media  (NYSE:TSQ) 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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Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Manhattanville Road, Suite 202, Purchase, New York, NY, USA, 10577
Townsquare Media Inc is a radio, digital media, entertainment, and digital marketing solutions company principally focused on being the premier local advertising and marketing solutions platform in small and mid-sized markets across the United States. It has three segments which are Subscription Digital Marketing Solutions, Digital Advertising, and Broadcast Advertising. It earns the majority of the revenue from the Broadcasting Advertising segment. Its portfolio includes local media brands such as WYRK.com, WJON.com, and NJ101.5.com, and premier national music brands such as XXLmag.com, TasteofCountry.com, UltimateClassicRock.com, and Loudwire.com.
Executives
Erik Hellum officer: COO, Local Media C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC., 1 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 202, PURCHASE NY 10577
Scott Schatz officer: EVP, Finance Op and Tech C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC., 1 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 202, PURCHASE NY 10577
David Lebow director C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC, 1 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 202, PURCHASE NY 10577
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. 10 percent owner TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Gary D Way director C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC., ONE MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 202, PURCHASE NY 10577
David Quick director 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Capital Group Holdings Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.p. 10 percent owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Fund Gp Iii, L.p. 10 percent owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Ocm Pof Iv Aif Gap Holdings, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., 333 S. GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Atlas Ocm Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., 333 S. GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Aif Investments, L.p. 10 percent owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Aif Investment Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Partners Ltd 10 percent owner 181 BAY STREET, BROOKFIELD PLACE, SUITE 300, TORONTO A6 M5J2T3
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. 10 percent owner BROOKFIELD PLACE, 181 BAY ST, STE 100, PO BOX 762, TORONTO A6 M5J2T3