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Axon Enterprise (Axon Enterprise) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.86% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Axon Enterprise Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Axon Enterprise's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $18,843 Mil. Axon Enterprise's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $162 Mil. Axon Enterprise's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.86%.

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

AXON' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.04   Med: 1.24   Max: 5.16
Current: 0.72

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Axon Enterprise was 5.16%. The lowest was -2.04%. And the median was 1.24%.

AXON's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
68.91% of 312 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.575 vs AXON: 0.72

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) %. Axon Enterprise's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


Axon Enterprise Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Axon Enterprise Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Axon Enterprise Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.16 -0.20 -1.57 1.70 0.86

Axon Enterprise Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.70 1.21 1.52 1.65 0.86

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

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Axon Enterprise'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.


Axon Enterprise's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Axon Enterprise's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Axon Enterprise 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=161.995/18842.734662
=0.86 %

Axon Enterprise's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $162 Mil.



Axon Enterprise  (NAS:AXON) 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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Axon Enterprise (Axon Enterprise) Business Description

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Address
17800 North 85th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85255
Axon Enterprise Inc develops, manufactures, and sells conducted energy devices and cloud-based digital evidence management software designed for use by law enforcement, corrections, military forces, private security personnel, and private individuals for personal defense. The company operates in two segments: Taser and software & sensors. Taser develops and sells CEDs used for protecting users and virtual reality training. Software and sensors manufacture fully integrated hardware and cloud-based software solutions such as body cameras, automated license plate reading, and digital evidence management systems. Axon delivers its products worldwide and gets most of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Joshua Isner officer: EVP Global Sales 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Jeffrey C Kunins officer: Chief Product Officer 17800 NORTH 85TH STREET, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Brittany Bagley officer: CFO & CBO C/O SONOS, INC., 614 CHAPALA STREET, SANTA BARBARA CA 93101
Julie A Cullivan director 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Hadi Partovi director 9655 LAKE WASHINGTON BLVD NE, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Erika Nardini director 1241 E MAIN ST, STAMFORD CT 06902-3520
Patrick W Smith director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7860 EAST MCCLAIN DRIVE, SUITE 2, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260-1627
Jeri Williams director 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Graham Smith director 301 BRANNMAN ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Mark W Kroll director PO BOX 23, CRYSTAL BAY MN 55323
Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski director 17800 NORTH 85TH STREET, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Michael Garnreiter director 6735 E. GREENWAY PARKWAY, UNIT #2049, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Luke Larson officer: Chief Marketing Officer 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Matthew R Mcbrady director
James Zito officer: Chief Financial Officer 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255

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