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SoundHound AI (SoundHound AI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -3.78% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is SoundHound AI Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

SoundHound AI's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,774.82 Mil. SoundHound AI's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-67.12 Mil. SoundHound AI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -3.78%.

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

SOUN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -46.44   Med: -17.4   Max: -2.97
Current: -3.95

During the past 4 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of SoundHound AI was -2.97%. The lowest was -46.44%. And the median was -17.40%.

SOUN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
69.19% of 2856 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.18 vs SOUN: -3.95

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) %. SoundHound AI's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


SoundHound AI Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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SoundHound AI Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

SoundHound AI Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -27.47 -12.30

SoundHound AI Quarterly Data
Dec20 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -18.21 -9.46 -16.58 -12.30 -3.78

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, SoundHound AI'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.


SoundHound AI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



SoundHound AI 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-67.453/548.47548
=-12.30 %

SoundHound AI's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-67.12 Mil.



SoundHound AI  (NAS:SOUN) 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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SoundHound AI Inc is an innovator of conversational intelligence, offering an independent Voice AI platform that enables businesses across industries to deliver high-quality conversational experiences to customers.
Executives
Timothy Stonehocker officer: Chief Technology Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Michael Zagorsek officer: Chief Operating Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Lawrence Marcus director 2105 WOODSIDE RD., WOODSIDE CA 94062
Nitesh Sharan officer: Chief Financial Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Keyvan Mohajer director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Majid Emami 10 percent owner, officer: VP, Engineering 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
James Ming Hom director, officer: VP, Products 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Diana Sroka director 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
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Global Catalyst Partners Iii L P 10 percent owner 6239 MOJAVE DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95120
Zubin Irani officer: Chief Revenue Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
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Stephen N Cannon director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 13/F TOWER 2, NEW WORLD TOWER, 18 QUEENS ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG K3 K3 00000
Bryant B Edwards director 25/28 OLD BURLINGTON STREET, LONDON X0 W1S 3AN
Daniel L Sheehan officer: Chief Operating Officer 38 KEYES AVENUE SUITE 204, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129