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Zendesk (Zendesk) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -2.65% (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Zendesk Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Zendesk's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $9,444 Mil. Zendesk's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 was $-251 Mil. Zendesk's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was -2.65%.

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

ZEN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.13   Med: -2.44   Max: -0.86
Current: -2.6

During the past 10 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Zendesk was -0.86%. The lowest was -7.13%. And the median was -2.44%.

ZEN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.19 vs ZEN: -2.60

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) %. Zendesk's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.


Zendesk Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Zendesk Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Zendesk Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.20 -1.95 -1.61 -0.99 -1.23

Zendesk Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
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 -1.16 -1.23 -1.24 -2.51 -2.65

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Zendesk'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.


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

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

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



Zendesk 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.

Zendesks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-158.047/12869.334
=-1.23 %

Zendesk's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-251 Mil.



Zendesk  (NYSE:ZEN) 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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Zendesk (Zendesk) Business Description

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Founded in 2007, Zendesk provides a portfolio of customer engagement software solutions via single applications or the Sunshine suite. Its software unifies customer communication and data across various channels and business units, and simplifies customer service and engagement across self service, phone, chat, messaging, and email.
Executives
Norman Gennaro officer: SVP, Worldwide Sales 1019 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Jeffrey J Titterton officer: SVP, Marketing PLANETOUT INC., P.O. BOX 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Adrian Mcdermott officer: SVP of Product Development C/O ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Mikkel Svane director, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Pat Copeland officer: Chief Engineering Officer ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Ronald J Pasek director 101 INNOVATION DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
John Geschke officer: SVP, GC and Secretary C/O ZULILY, INC., 2601 ELLIOTT AVENUE, SUITE 200, SEATTLE WA 98101
Andrea Nieto officer: Chief People Officer ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Soren Abildgaard officer: EVP of Engineering ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Archana Agrawal director C/O MONGODB, INC., 1633 BROADWAY, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
L Michelle Wilson director PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226
Shelagh Glaser officer: Chief Financial Officer ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Inamarie Johnson officer: Chief People Officer 1019 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Alex Constantinople officer: Chief Marketing Officer 133 7TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94118
Marc Cabi officer: Deputy Chief Financial Officer ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103