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Ziff Davis (Ziff Davis) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.85% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ziff Davis Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Ziff Davis's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,333 Mil. Ziff Davis's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $95 Mil. Ziff Davis's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.85%.

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

ZD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.63   Med: 6.06   Max: 12.48
Current: 3.66

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Ziff Davis was 12.48%. The lowest was -0.63%. And the median was 6.06%.

ZD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
55.37% of 1053 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.81 vs ZD: 3.66

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) %. Ziff Davis's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.43%. 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.


Ziff Davis Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Ziff Davis Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Ziff Davis 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 1.67 2.55 7.80 4.07 2.85

Ziff Davis 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 4.07 3.30 5.22 3.51 2.85

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

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Ziff Davis'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.


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

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

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



Ziff Davis 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=95.005/3332.605415
=2.85 %

Ziff Davis'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 $95 Mil.



Ziff Davis  (NAS:ZD) 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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Ziff Davis (Ziff Davis) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
114 5th Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10011
Ziff Davis is a vertically focused digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology, entertainment, shopping, health, cybersecurity, and martech.
Executives
Vivek Shah director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O J2 GLOBAL, INC., 6922 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, SUITE 500, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Sarah Ann Fay director 5 GORHAN AVENUE, BROOKLINE MA 02445
Layth Taki officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1 COURT SQUARE WEST, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
W Brian Kretzmer director 26110 ENTERPRISE WAY, STE 200, LAKE FOREST CA 92630
Jeremy Rossen officer: VP/General Counsel ZIFF DAVIS INC, 114 5TH AVE,14TH AND 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10011
Bret Richter officer: Chief Financial Officer 11 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10001
Teresa A Harris director 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
R Scott Turicchi officer: President C/O J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, 5TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Douglas Y Bech director C/O J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INC, 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD/LEGAL DEPT - 5TH FL., LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Richard S Ressler director, 10 percent owner C/O J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, 5TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Pamela Sutton-wallace director 197 VAN VORST ST, APT 1505, JERSEY CITY NJ 07302
Scott C Taylor director 20330 STEVENS CREEK BLVD., CUPERTINO CA 95014
Stephen Ross director
Robert J Cresci director
Jon Miller director C/O TRIPADVISOR, INC, 141 NEEDHAM STREET, NEWTON MA 02464