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WeCommerce Holdings (TSXV:WE) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -16.84% (As of Dec. 2022)


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What is WeCommerce Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

WeCommerce Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was C$115.06 Mil. WeCommerce Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 was C$-19.38 Mil. WeCommerce Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was -16.84%.

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

TSXV:WE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.175
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. WeCommerce Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 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.


WeCommerce Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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WeCommerce Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

WeCommerce Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -0.50 0.44 -16.84

WeCommerce Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22
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 0.44 1.07 0.10 -2.54 -16.84

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, WeCommerce Holdings'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.


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

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

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



WeCommerce Holdings 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-19.375/115.05612
=-16.84 %

WeCommerce Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$-19.38 Mil.



WeCommerce Holdings  (TSXV:WE) 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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WeCommerce Holdings (TSXV:WE) Business Description

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329 Howe Street, PMB 2066, Victoria, BC, CAN, V6C 3N2
WeCommerce Holdings Ltd is a holding company that owns a family of companies and brands in the Shopify partner ecosystem, including Pixel Union, Out of the Sandbox, Yopify, SuppleApps, Rehash, Stamped and Foursixty. The company's primary focus is to build, grow and acquire businesses that serve the Shopify Partner ecosystem. These businesses consist largely of Software as a Service, Digital Goods and Services businesses. Generally, these businesses build Apps and Themes and run Agencies that support Shopify merchants. The company targets businesses within the Shopify ecosystem due to its confidence in the Shopify platform, the fragmented nature of the ecosystem and the attractive economics that the businesses generally exhibit. Its segments include Themes, Apps and Agency.

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