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Wrap Technologies (Wrap Technologies) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -30.03% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Wrap Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Wrap Technologies's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $52.26 Mil. Wrap Technologies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $-15.69 Mil. Wrap Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -30.03%.

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

WRAP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -75.87   Med: -9.91   Max: -1.83
Current: -29.59

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Wrap Technologies was -1.83%. The lowest was -75.87%. And the median was -9.91%.

WRAP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
93.62% of 2478 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.18 vs WRAP: -29.59

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


Wrap Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Wrap Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Wrap Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -4.52 -4.95 -9.35 -19.49 -35.09

Wrap Technologies Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 -41.32 -35.09 -29.94 -38.91 -30.03

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

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Wrap Technologies'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.


Wrap Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Wrap Technologies 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.

Wrap Technologiess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-17.73/50.60944
=-35.03 %

Wrap Technologies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-15.69 Mil.



Wrap Technologies  (NAS:WRAP) 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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Wrap Technologies (Wrap Technologies) Business Description

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Address
1817 West 4th Street, Tempe, AZ, USA, 85281
Wrap Technologies Inc offers public safety technologies and services. The firm develops policing solutions to law enforcement and security personnel. Its BolaWRAP 150 Remote Restraint device is a patented, hand-held tool that discharges a Kevlar cord to restrain noncompliant individuals from a range of 10-25 feet. The group operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.
Executives
Timothy Szymanski director C/O WRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 1817 W 4TH STREET, TEMPE AZ 85281
Rajiv Srinivasan director C/O WRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 1817 W 4TH STREET, TEMPE AZ 85281
Kevin W Mullins officer: PRESIDENT C/O WRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 1817 W 4TH STREET, TEMPE AZ 85281
Christopher James Dealmeida officer: Chief Financial Officer 1817 W 4TH STREET, TEMPE AZ 85281
Elwood G Norris 10 percent owner 13771 DANIELSON STREET, STE. L, POWAY CA 92064
Bruce Bernstein director 780 THIRD AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Marc Savas director 8033 SUNSET BLVD., BOX 873, LOS ANGELES CA 90046
Tj Kennedy director 400 S 4TH ST, STE. 401-412, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55415
Scot Cohen director, officer: Executive Chairman, Secretary 20 EAST 20TH ST., APT. 6, NEW YORK NY 10003
Kevin Charles Sherman director 1730 BLAKE ST STE 305, DENVER CO 80202
Glenn M Hickman officer: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER C/O WRAP TECHNOLOGIES, 1817 W 4TH STREET, TEMPE AZ 85281
Varner Leo William Jr. officer: INTERIM CEO 400 GALLERIA PKWY SE, SUITE 1760, ATLANTA GA 30339
James A Barnes director, officer: President and CFO 13771 DANIELSON STREET, STE. L, POWAY CA 92064
Thomas P Smith officer: PRESIDENT 7860 EAST MCCLAIN DRIVE SUITE E, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260-1627
David G Norris director, officer: President C/O TREE.COM, INC., 11115 RUSHMORE DRIVE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277