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Armada Data (TSXV:ARD) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -87.72% (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is Armada Data Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Armada Data's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was C$0.33 Mil. Armada Data's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 was C$-0.29 Mil. Armada Data's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was -87.72%.

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

TSXV:ARD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -119.87   Med: -5.12   Max: 35.9
Current: -44.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Armada Data was 35.90%. The lowest was -119.87%. And the median was -5.12%.

TSXV:ARD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
88.6% of 579 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0 vs TSXV:ARD: -44.25

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) %. Armada Data's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 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.


Armada Data Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Armada Data Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Armada Data Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.21 12.05 1.75 -25.91 -64.10

Armada Data Quarterly Data
Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23
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 -54.05 -70.92 -64.10 -52.36 -87.72

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

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Armada Data'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.


Armada Data's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Armada Data's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Armada Data 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.

Armada Datas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.344/0.535109
=-64.29 %

Armada Data's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$-0.29 Mil.



Armada Data  (TSXV:ARD) 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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Armada Data (TSXV:ARD) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5080 Timberlea Boulevard, Suite 215, Mississauga, ON, CAN, L4W 4M2
Armada Data Corp is primarily involved in the accumulation and sale of data related to the purchase of new and used vehicles. The reportable segments of the company are Insurance services, CarCost Canada, and information technology services. The company generates the majority of revenue from Insurance services.
Executives
Glenn Hrabovsky Director