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BETA Systems Software AG (FRA:BSS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 6.36% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is BETA Systems Software AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

BETA Systems Software AG's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was €154.21 Mil. BETA Systems Software AG's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was €9.81 Mil. BETA Systems Software AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 6.36%.

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

FRA:BSS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3505.97   Med: 11.51   Max: 13039.31
Current: 6.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of BETA Systems Software AG was 13039.31%. The lowest was -3505.97%. And the median was 11.51%.

FRA:BSS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
77.56% of 2852 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.105 vs FRA:BSS: 6.70

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) %. BETA Systems Software AG's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 26.62%. 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.


BETA Systems Software AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for BETA Systems Software AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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BETA Systems Software AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

BETA Systems Software AG Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.92 13.05 10.11 14.04 6.36

BETA Systems Software AG Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 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 10.11 - 14.04 - 6.36

Competitive Comparison of BETA Systems Software AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Application subindustry, BETA Systems Software AG'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.


BETA Systems Software AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where BETA Systems Software AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



BETA Systems Software AG 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.

BETA Systems Software AGs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=9.808/154.20756
=6.36 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



BETA Systems Software AG  (FRA:BSS) 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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BETA Systems Software AG (FRA:BSS) Business Description

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Address
Beta Systems Software AG, Alt-moabit 90d, Berlin, DEU, 10559
BETA Systems Software AG develops software products and solutions. It offers large corporations, mid-sized companies and organizations high-end infrastructure software and solutions which spans sectors.
Executives
Dr. Andreas Huth Board of Directors
Wilhelm K. T. Zours Supervisory Board
Wilhelm K.t. Zours Supervisory Board
Carl Ernst Veit Paas Supervisory Board

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