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Bandwidth (Bandwidth) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.32% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Bandwidth Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Bandwidth's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $989.2 Mil. Bandwidth's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-13.1 Mil. Bandwidth's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -1.32%.

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

BAND' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.93   Med: -0.32   Max: 4.39
Current: -1.25

During the past 9 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Bandwidth was 4.39%. The lowest was -2.93%. And the median was -0.32%.

BAND's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
63.07% of 2857 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.29 vs BAND: -1.25

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) %. Bandwidth'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.


Bandwidth Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Bandwidth Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Bandwidth Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -1.31 -0.34 -0.12 2.29 -2.13

Bandwidth Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 2.71 3.23 2.05 -2.13 -1.32

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

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Bandwidth'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.


Bandwidth's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Bandwidth 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-18.495/869.657974
=-2.13 %

Bandwidth'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 $-13.1 Mil.



Bandwidth  (NAS:BAND) 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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Bandwidth (Bandwidth) Business Description

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Address
900 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC, USA, 27606
Bandwidth Inc is cloud-based communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) provider that enables enterprises to create, scale and operate voice or messaging communications services across any mobile application or connected device. Company earns revenue through the sale of communications services offered through Application Programming Interface software solutions to large as well as small and medium-sized business, customers and is generally derived from usage and service fees. Usage revenue includes voice communication (driven by inbound and outbound minutes and toll-free minutes) and messaging communication (driven by the number of messages) that traverse the platform and network. Service fees include the provision and management of phone numbers and emergency services access.
Executives
Richard Brandon Asbill officer: General Counsel C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
Devin M Krupka officer: Controller, PAO C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Daryl Raiford officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
Kade Ross officer: Chief Information Officer C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
David A. Morken director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Rebecca Bottorff officer: Chief People Officer C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Anthony Bartolo officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
Lukas M. Roush director C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Marina C. Carreker officer: President C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
Douglas A Suriano director C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Brian D. Bailey director, 10 percent owner C/O CARMICHAEL INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC, 4725 PIEDMONT ROW DRIVE, SUITE 210, CHARLOTTE NC 28210
Gabriela Gonzalez officer: Sr. VP Finance, Controller 1801 VARSITY DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
John C. Murdock director, 10 percent owner, officer: President C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Jeffrey A. Hoffman officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
W. Christopher Matton officer: General Counsel C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606