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Urban One (Urban One) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 10.48% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Urban One Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Urban One's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $817.8 Mil. Urban One's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $85.7 Mil. Urban One's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 10.48%.

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

UONE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.4   Med: 6.71   Max: 20.44
Current: 13.53

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Urban One was 20.44%. The lowest was 1.40%. And the median was 6.71%.

UONE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
82.43% of 1053 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.81 vs UONE: 13.53

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) %. Urban One's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 23.08%. 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.


Urban One Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Urban One Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Urban One Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.97 9.47 3.25 11.96 12.56

Urban One Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.12 12.56 8.47 19.49 10.48

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

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Urban One'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.


Urban One's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Urban One's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Urban One 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=118.427/943.25709
=12.56 %

Urban One'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 $85.7 Mil.



Urban One  (NAS:UONE) 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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Urban One (Urban One) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1010 Wayne Avenue, 14th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, USA, 20910
Urban One Inc is an urban oriented, multi-media company. Its business is radio broadcasting franchise that is the radio broadcasting operation that targets African-American and urban listeners. It operates through the following segments: Radio Broadcasting, Reach Media, Digital, and Cable Television. The Radio Broadcasting segment includes all the broadcasting related operations. The Reach Media segment consists of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and its related activities. The Digital segment focuses on its online business, including the operations of Interactive One. The Cable Television segment deals with TV One's operations.
Executives
Kristopher Simpson officer: SVP & General Counsel 1010 WAYNE AVENUE, FLOOR 14, SILVER SPRING MD 20910
Mitchell B Doyle Jr director
Eric Semler 10 percent owner 4625 FIELDSTON ROAD, BRONX NY 10471
Tcs Capital Advisors, Llc 10 percent owner 142 WEST 57TH STREET, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Tcs Capital Management Llc 10 percent owner 142 WEST 57TH STREET, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
D Geoffrey Armstrong director 5900 PRINCESS GARDEN PARKWAY, 7TH FL, LANHAM MD 20706
Terry L Jones director C/O CYBER DIGITAL INC, 400 OSER AVENUE, HAUPPAUGE NY 11788
Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd. 10 percent owner ONE NEXUS WAY, CAMANA BAY, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-9005
David M Kantor officer: CEO, Radio Division 1010 WAYNE AVENUE, FLOOR 14, SILVER SPRING MD 20910
Catherine L Hughes director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairperson and Secretary 5900 PRINCESS GARDEN PARKWAY 8TH FL, LANHAM MD 20706
Brigade Capital Management, Lp 10 percent owner 399 PARK AVENUE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Morgan Donald E Iii 10 percent owner C/O BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 717 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 1301, NEW YORK NY 10022
Brigade Capital Management Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 399 PARK AVENUE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Karen Wishart officer: EVP 1010 WAYNE AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, SILVER SPRING MD 20910
Christopher J. Wegmann officer: President, Radio Division 1010 WAYNE AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, SILVER SPRING MD 20910