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Worlds (Worlds) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 20.70% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Worlds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Worlds's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.77 Mil. Worlds's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.16 Mil. Worlds's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 20.70%.

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

WDDD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -284.16   Med: -43.03   Max: 13.28
Current: 8.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Worlds was 13.28%. The lowest was -284.16%. And the median was -43.03%.

WDDD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
82.25% of 2851 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs WDDD: 8.39

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) %. Worlds'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.


Worlds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Worlds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Worlds 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 -9.39 -8.61 -16.03 -82.64 20.70

Worlds 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 -82.64 -19.65 -28.41 -40.16 20.70

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Worlds'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.


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

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

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



Worlds 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0.16/0.77358375
=20.68 %

Worlds'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 $0.16 Mil.



Worlds  (OTCPK:WDDD) 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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Worlds (Worlds) Business Description

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Worlds Inc is a company that designs and develops software, content, and related technology for the creation of interactive, three-dimensional (3D) portals and websites. The company creates its Internet sites, as well as sites available through third-party online service providers. It focuses on the development of virtual worlds which has several applications comprising a virtual meeting place, a 3D e-commerce store, a virtual classroom, and others. The core technologies developed by the company include WorldsShaper, WorldsServer, WorldsBrowser, WorldsPlayer, and Worlds Gamma Libraries.
Executives
Edward J Gildea director C/O CONVERTED ORGANICS INC., 7A COMMERCIAL WHARF WEST, BOSTON MA 02110
Thomas Philip Duterme director 111 PACCHETTI WAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040
Steven Chrust 10 percent owner C/O SGC ADVISORY SERVICES INC, 1786 BEDFORD STREET, STANFORD CT 06905
Thomas Kidrin director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & CEO 11 ROYAL ROAD, BROOKLINE MA 02445
Bernard Stolar director 4401 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 200, LOS ANGELES CA 90010
Jay Coleman director 310 EAST 46TH ST. APT 9 F, NEW YORK NY 10017
Robert N Fireman director 145 ROSEMARY ST. SUITE H-2, NEEDHAM MA 02494

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