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Upland Software (Upland Software) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -33.56% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Upland Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Upland Software's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $488.2 Mil. Upland Software's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-163.7 Mil. Upland Software's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -33.56%.

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

UPLD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -38.76   Med: -3.64   Max: -0.41
Current: -38.61

During the past 12 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Upland Software was -0.41%. The lowest was -38.76%. And the median was -3.64%.

UPLD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
90.04% of 2851 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs UPLD: -38.61

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) %. Upland Software'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.


Upland Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Upland Software Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Upland Software 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 -2.37 -1.44 -3.89 -6.65 -33.56

Upland Software 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 -6.65 -31.35 -33.33 -33.44 -33.56

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Upland Software'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.


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

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

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



Upland Software 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-163.683/488.213532
=-33.53 %

Upland Software'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 $-163.7 Mil.



Upland Software  (NAS:UPLD) 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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Upland Software (Upland Software) Business Description

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401 Congress Avenue, Suite 1850, Frost Bank Tower, Austin, TX, USA, 78701-3788
Upland Software Inc is a provider of cloud-based enterprise work management software. The company provides a family of cloud-based enterprise work management software applications for the information technology, process excellence, finance, professional services and marketing functions within organizations. It services customers ranging from corporations and Government agencies to small- and medium-sized businesses engaged in the field of financial services, retail, technology, manufacturing, education, consumer goods, media, and telecommunications, Government, food and beverage, healthcare and life sciences, chemicals and travel and hospitality.
Executives
Stephen E Courter director C/O CADIZ INC., 550 SOUTH HOPE STREET, 2850, LOS ANGELES X1 90071
Dan Doman officer: Chief Product Officer 401 CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 1850, AUSTIN TX 78701
Matthew Harnden Smith officer: General Counsel and Secretary 3950 SHACKLEFORD RD., SUITE 400, DULUTH GA 30096
Yates Oliver Robert Macfarlane officer: Chief Sales Officer C/O UPLAND SOFTWARE, INC., 401 CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 1850, AUSTIN TX 78701
Karen Cummings officer: Executive VP & Senior GM C/O OMTOOL, LTD., 8A INDUSTRIAL WAY, SALEM NH 03079
Michael Douglass Hill officer: CFO 401 CONGRESS AVE, SUITE 1850, AUSTIN TX 78701
Paul Kenneth Miller officer: Chief Operating Officer 401 CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 1850, AUSTIN TX 78701
Kinloch Iii Gill officer: CLO 401 CONGRESS AVE., STE. 1850, AUSTIN TX 78701
John T Mcdonald director, officer: CEO C/O UPLAND SOFTWARE INC., 401 CONGRESS AVE., SUITE 1850, AUSTIN TX 78701
Ian Burk officer: Chief Business Officer 401 CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 1850, AUSTIN TX 78701
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Rodney C Favaron director 401 CONGRESS AVE., SUITE 1850, AUSTIN TX 78701
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