What is Valens Semiconductor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Valens Semiconductor's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $107.60 Mil.
Valens Semiconductor's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-30.52 Mil. Valens Semiconductor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -28.33%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Valens Semiconductor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
VLN'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -50.23 Med: -16.52 Max: 28.46
Current: -25.84
During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Valens Semiconductor was 28.46%. The lowest was -50.23%. And the median was -16.52%.
VLN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than 94.59% of 998
companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 2.13
vs VLN: -25.84
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) %. Valens Semiconductor'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.
Valens Semiconductor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Valens Semiconductor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Valens Semiconductor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Semiconductors subindustry, Valens Semiconductor'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.
Valens Semiconductor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Valens Semiconductor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Valens Semiconductor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Valens Semiconductors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Valens Semiconductor'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 $-30.52 Mil.
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.
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Valens Semiconductor (Valens Semiconductor) Business Description
Valens Semiconductor Ltd is a provider of semiconductor products, pushing the boundaries of connectivity by enabling long-reach, high-speed video, and data transmission for the audio-video and automotive industries. It operates in two segments: Audio-Video, which includes the company's HDBaseT solutions for the Audio-Video market deliver superior, plug-and-play convergence and distribution of different interfaces, through a single long-distance category cable; and Automotive segment products enable safe and resilient high-speed in-vehicle connectivity for car architectures, realizing the vision of connected and autonomous cars. The company's geographical segments include Israel, China, Hong Kong, the United States, Mexico, Japan, and Others.
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