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Forge Global Holdings (Forge Global Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -19.72% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Forge Global Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Forge Global Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $463.94 Mil. Forge Global Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-91.45 Mil. Forge Global Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -19.72%.

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

FRGE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -356.21   Med: -47.08   Max: -0.27
Current: -46.51

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Forge Global Holdings was -0.27%. The lowest was -356.21%. And the median was -47.08%.

FRGE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
91.67% of 2846 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.165 vs FRGE: -46.51

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) %. Forge Global Holdings'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.


Forge Global Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Forge Global Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Forge Global Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - - -108.70 -19.72

Forge Global Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 -108.70 -83.33 -42.19 -45.87 -19.72

Competitive Comparison of Forge Global Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Application subindustry, Forge Global Holdings'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.


Forge Global Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Forge Global Holdings 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.

Forge Global Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-91.449/463.94149
=-19.71 %

Forge Global Holdings'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 $-91.45 Mil.



Forge Global Holdings  (NYSE:FRGE) 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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Forge Global Holdings (Forge Global Holdings) Business Description

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Address
415 Mission Street, Suite 5510, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105
Forge Global Holdings Inc is a financial service platform created to serve the unique needs of the private market. It provides marketplace infrastructure, data services, and technology solutions for private market participants. The Company offers a trusted trading platform, proprietary data and insights to inform investment strategies, along with custody services to help companies, shareholders, institutions and accredited investors confidently navigate and transact in the private market.
Executives
Kelly Rodriques director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Kimberley H Vogel director 63 CONSTITUTION DRIVE, CHICO CA 95973
Christoph Hansmeyer director 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Johnathan H Short officer: Chief Legal Officer 2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 500, ATLANTA GA 30308
Asiff S Hirji director 250 FAIR OAKS STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94110
Herbert James H. Ii director 1230 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10020
Ashwin Kumar director 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Stephen J. George director 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Jose Cobos officer: Chief Operating Officer 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Borse Ag Deutsche 10 percent owner
Mark P Lee officer: Chief Financial Officer 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Steven J. Mclaughlin director 277 PARK AVENUE 29TH FLOOR, SUITE B, NEW YORK NY 10172
Kristy Trieste director, officer: CFO and Director C/O MOTIVE CAPITAL, 250 GREENWICH STREET, FLOOR 47, NEW YORK NY 10007
Motive Capital Funds Sponsor, Llc 10 percent owner 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, FLOOR 47, NEW YORK NY 10007
Stephen C. Daffron director C/O THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION, 103 JOHN F. KENNEDY PARKWAY, SHORT HILLS NJ 07078-2708