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AST SpaceMobile (AST SpaceMobile) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -34.48% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is AST SpaceMobile Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

AST SpaceMobile's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $645.49 Mil. AST SpaceMobile's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-222.37 Mil. AST SpaceMobile's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -34.48%.

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

ASTS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -105.96   Med: -35.46   Max: -6.4
Current: -72.46

During the past 4 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of AST SpaceMobile was -6.40%. The lowest was -105.96%. And the median was -35.46%.

ASTS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
97.54% of 2476 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.12 vs ASTS: -72.46

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) %. AST SpaceMobile'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.


AST SpaceMobile Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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AST SpaceMobile Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

AST SpaceMobile Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -24.51 -42.02 -34.48

AST SpaceMobile Quarterly Data
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 -42.02 -39.84 -42.37 -46.51 -34.48

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, AST SpaceMobile'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.


AST SpaceMobile's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



AST SpaceMobile 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-222.367/645.490639
=-34.45 %

AST SpaceMobile'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 $-222.37 Mil.



AST SpaceMobile  (NAS:ASTS) 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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AST SpaceMobile (AST SpaceMobile) Business Description

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Address
2901 Enterprise Lane, Midland Intl. Air & Space Port, Midland, TX, USA, 79706
AST SpaceMobile Inc is a satellite designer and manufacturer. The company is building a cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices, and off-the-shelf mobile phones based on extensive IP and patent portfolio. It has focused on eliminating the connectivity gaps faced by mobile subscribers and finally bringing broadband to the billions who remain unconnected.
Executives
Adriana Cisneros director 700 NW 1ST AVENUE, SUITE 1700, MIAMI FL 33136
Sean R. Wallace officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20037
Shanti B. Gupta officer: Chief Accounting Officer AST SCIENCE MIDLAND INTL AIR&SPACE PORT, 2901 ENTERPRISE LANE, MIDLAND TX 79706
Atc Trs Ii Llc other: Member of 10% owner group 116 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02116
American Tower Corp /ma/ other: Member of 10% owner group 116 HUNTINGTON AVE, BOSTON MA 02116
Invesat Llc 10 percent owner 700 NW 1ST AVENUE, SUITE 1700, MIAMI FL 33136
Richard Sarnoff director C/O AUDIBLE INC, 65 WILLOWBROOK BLVD, WAYNE NJ 07470
Vodafone Ventures Ltd 10 percent owner VODAFONE HOUSE, THE CONNECTION, NEWBURY X0 RG14 2FN
Brian Heller officer: EVP, GC & Secretary C/O AST SPACEMOBILE 2901 ENTERPRISE LANE, MIDLAND INTL. AIR & SPACE PORT, MIDLAND TX 79706
Tareq Amin director C/O AST SPACEMOBILE 2901 ENTERPRISE LANE, MIDLAND INTL. AIR & SPACE PORT, MIDLAND TX 79706
Luke Ibbetson director C/O AST SPACEMOBILE 2901 ENTERPRISE LANE, MIDLAND INTL. AIR & SPACE PORT, MIDLAND TX 79706
Ronald L Rubin director 601 CLEARWATER PARK RD, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
Gustavo A Cisneros 10 percent owner FINSER CORP, 550 BILTMORE WAY, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Vodafone Group Public Ltd Co 10 percent owner VODAFONE HOUSE, THE CONNECTION, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE X0 RG14 2FN
Hiroshi Mikitani director C/O LYFT, INC., 185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 5000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107

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