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Skillsoft (Skillsoft) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -48.54% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Skillsoft Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Skillsoft's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $618.2 Mil. Skillsoft's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $-299.5 Mil. Skillsoft's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -48.54%.

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

SKIL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -117.65   Med: -49.25   Max: -2.07
Current: -52.36

During the past 4 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Skillsoft was -2.07%. The lowest was -117.65%. And the median was -49.25%.

SKIL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
95.49% of 266 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 5.5 vs SKIL: -52.36

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) %. Skillsoft's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.


Skillsoft Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Skillsoft Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Skillsoft Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Jan20 Jan23 Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -9.08 -99.01 -48.54

Skillsoft Quarterly Data
Apr19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jul21 Oct21 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -99.01 -116.28 -96.15 -16.72 -48.54

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

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Skillsoft'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.


Skillsoft's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Skillsoft's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Skillsoft 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-299.533/618.1538532
=-48.46 %

Skillsoft'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 $-299.5 Mil.



Skillsoft  (NYSE:SKIL) 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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Skillsoft (Skillsoft) Business Description

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Address
300 Innovative Way, Suite 201, Nashua, NH, USA, 03062
Skillsoft Corp is a leader in corporate digital learning. The company's segment includes Skillsoft content and Global Knowledge. The Skillsoft business engages in the sale, marketing, and delivery of its content learning solutions, in areas such as Leadership and Business, Technology and Developer and Compliance. Its Global Knowledge business offers training solutions covering information technology and business skills for corporations and their employees.
Executives
Jeffrey R Tarr director, officer: Chief Executive Officer DIGITALGLOBE, INC., 1300 WEST 120TH AVENUE, WESTMINSTER CO 80234
Peter Schmitt director 640 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Matthew Glitzer officer: CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER 300 INNOVATIVE WAY, SUITE 201, NASHUA NH 03062
Lawrence Charles Illg director SYMPHONY OFFICES, GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 5, AMSTERDAM P7 1082 MS
Jose Torres officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1300 W. 120TH AVENUE, WESTMINSTER CO 80234
Richard Walker officer: Chief Strategy & Corp Dev Ofc C/O SERVICESOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC., 717 17TH STREET, 5TH FLOOR, DENVER CO 80202
Patrick Kolek director SYMPHONY OFFICES, GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 5, AMSTERDAM P7 1082 MS
Ciara Harrington officer: Interim Chief People Officer C/O SKILLSOFT CORP., 300 INNOVATION WAY, SUITE 201, NASHUA NH 03062-5746
Gary W Ferrera officer: Chief Financial Officer 3250 BRIARPARK, SUITE 400, HOUSTON TX 77042
Kristi Hummel officer: Chief People Officer 300 INNOVATIVE WAY, SUITE 201, NASHUA NH 03062
Zachary Sims officer: GM Tech & Dev, CEO Codecademy 575 BROADWAY, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10012
Mih Learning B.v. director, 10 percent owner SYMPHONY OFFICES, GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 5, AMSTERDAM P7 1082 MS
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N.v. Prosus director, 10 percent owner SYMPHONY OFFICES, GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 5, AMSTERDAM P7 1082 MS
Ryan H Murray officer: Interim CFO, CAO SKILLSOFT CORP, 300 INNOVATIVE WAY #201, NASHUA NH 03062