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WeWork (WeWork) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -10.27% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is WeWork Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

WeWork's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $16,554 Mil. WeWork's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $-1,699 Mil. WeWork's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -10.27%.

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

WEWKQ' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -68.29   Med: -10.36   Max: -8.79
Current: -10.42

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of WeWork was -8.79%. The lowest was -68.29%. And the median was -10.36%.

WEWKQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
89.75% of 1854 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 4.2 vs WEWKQ: -10.42

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) %. WeWork's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.


WeWork Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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WeWork Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

WeWork Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - - -16.05 -9.81

WeWork Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 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 -10.82 -9.81 -9.20 -8.75 -10.27

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

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, WeWork'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.


WeWork's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, WeWork's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



WeWork 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.

WeWorks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-2032/20704.67452
=-9.81 %

WeWork's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1,699 Mil.



WeWork  (OTCPK:WEWKQ) 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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WeWork (WeWork) Business Description

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WeWork Inc is a commercial real estate company that provides flexible workspaces for technology startups and services for other enterprises. It designs and builds physical and virtual shared spaces and office services for entrepreneurs and companies. The company's revenue categories are; Membership revenue consists of fees from members, net of discounts for the access to office space provided, and Service revenue consists of additional billings to members for the ancillary services provided through their memberships in excess of monthly allowances included in membership revenue, commissions earned by the Company on various services.
Executives
Kurt Wehner officer: Principal Accounting Officer 1 DISCOVERY PLACE, SILVER SPRING MD 20910
Benchmark Capital Management Co. Vii, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD, WOODSIDE CA 94062
Bruce Dunlevie director 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Elizabeth A. Lapuma director 520 LAKE COOK ROAD, SUITE 315, DEERFIELD IL 60015
Henry S Miller director AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., 70 PINE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10270
Paul Aronzon director 13135 DAIRY ASHFORD, SUITE 800, SUGAR LAND TX 77478
Paul Keglevic director STELLUS CAPITAL, 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE STE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Softbank Group Corp 10 percent owner 1-7-1 KAIGAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO M0 105-7537
Pamela Swidler officer: See Remarks 177 9TH AVENUE, APT. 3C, NEW YORK NY 10011
David Tolley director C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP, 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Vikas Jayendra Parekh director C/O SYMBOTIC INC., 200 RESEARCH DRIVE, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Sandeep Mathrani director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
Andre J Fernandez officer: Chief Financial Officer 333 WEST STATE STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53203
Alex Clavel director PO BOX 1093, BOUNDARY HALL, CRICKET SQUARE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1102
Daniel B Hurwitz director 3300 ENTERPRISES PARKWAY, BEACHWOOD OH 44122