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Zoom Video Communications (Zoom Video Communications) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.05% (As of Jan. 2024)
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Zoom Video Communications's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $12,982 Mil. Zoom Video Communications's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $525 Mil. Zoom Video Communications's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 4.05%.

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

ZM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 0.82   Max: 5.07
Current: 4.53

During the past 8 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Zoom Video Communications was 5.07%. The lowest was 0.03%. And the median was 0.82%.

ZM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
68.11% of 2844 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.2 vs ZM: 4.53

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) %. Zoom Video Communications's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 25.46%. 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.


Zoom Video Communications Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zoom Video Communications'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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Zoom Video Communications Annual Data
Trend Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.06 0.63 2.61 1.47 4.05

Zoom Video Communications Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 1.47 0.53 0.77 1.92 4.05

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Zoom Video Communications'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.


Zoom Video Communications Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Zoom Video Communications 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.

Zoom Video Communicationss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=525.279/12981.79038
=4.05 %

Zoom Video Communications's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $525 Mil.



Zoom Video Communications  (NAS:ZM) 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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Zoom Video Communications (Zoom Video Communications) Business Description

Industry
Address
55 Almaden Boulevard, 6th Floor, San Jose, CA, USA, 95113
Zoom Video Communications provides a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing. The company's cloud-native platform enables face-to-face video and connects users across various devices and locations in a single meeting. Zoom, which was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, California, serves companies of all sizes from all industries around the world.
Executives
Aparna Bawa officer: General Counsel C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Shane Crehan officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O EVENTBRITE, INC., 155 5TH STREET, 7TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Velchamy Sankarlingam officer: Pres. of Engineering & Product C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Eric S. Yuan director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Santiago Subotovsky director C/O EMERGENCE CAPITAL PARTNERS, 160 BOVENT ROAD SUITE 300, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Kelly Steckelberg officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Jonathan Chadwick director 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Gregory Tomb officer: President 650 CASTRO ST, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Cindy L Hoots director C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC, 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
William R Mcdermott director 2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Ryan Azus officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Carl M. Eschenbach director, 10 percent owner C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, PALO ALTO CA 94025
Janine Pelosi officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Kimberly Hammonds director 100 EAST DAVIE STREET, RALEIGH NC 27601
Bart Swanson director C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113