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Varonis Systems (Varonis Systems) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -1.77% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Varonis Systems's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,718.4 Mil. Varonis Systems's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-83.7 Mil. Varonis Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -1.77%.

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

VRNS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10.8   Med: -2.56   Max: -0.46
Current: -1.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Varonis Systems was -0.46%. The lowest was -10.80%. And the median was -2.56%.

VRNS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
64.46% of 2842 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.235 vs VRNS: -1.83

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) %. Varonis Systems'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.


Varonis Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Varonis Systems'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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Varonis Systems Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.30 -1.54 -2.27 -4.98 -1.77

Varonis Systems 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) % 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 -4.98 -4.27 -4.23 -3.49 -1.77

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Varonis Systems'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.


Varonis Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Varonis Systems 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-83.721/4718.35312
=-1.77 %

Varonis Systems'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 $-83.7 Mil.



Varonis Systems  (NAS:VRNS) 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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Varonis Systems (Varonis Systems) Business Description

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Address
1250 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10001
Varonis Systems is a cybersecurity vendor focused on data privacy and security. The firm is currently undergoing a cloud transition as it weans its on-premises customers over to its cloud products that are delivered as software-as-a-service. The New York-based firm was founded in 2004 and went public in 2014.
Executives
James O'boyle officer: SVP of Worldwide Sales C/O VARONIS SYSTEMS, INC., 1250 BROADWAY, 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
David Bass officer: EVP Engineering & CTO 1250 BROADWAY 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Avrohom J. Kess director 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Yakov Faitelson director, officer: CEO, President, Chairman C/O VARONIS SYSTEMS, INC., 1250 BROADWAY, 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Ofer Segev director NESS TOWER, ATIDIM HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIAL, PARK, BUILDING 4, TEL AVIV L3 61580
Guy Melamed officer: Chief Financial Officer 1250 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Dov Gottlieb officer: VP and General Counsel 1250 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Van Den Bosch Fred director 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Carlos Aued director 1250 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Gilad Raz officer: CIO & VP of Technical Services 1250 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kevin E Comolli director, 10 percent owner C/O ACCEL, 500 UNIVERSITY AVE, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Thomas F Mendoza director 495 E. JAVA DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Rachel Prishkolnik director 1 HAMADA STREET, HERZILIYA PITUACH L3 4673335
Gili Iohan officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VARONIS SYSTEMS, INC., 1250 BROADWAY, 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Rona Segev-gal director C/O PITANGO VENTURE CAPITAL FUND IV L.P., 540 COWPER ST., SUITE 200, PALO ALTO CA 94301

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