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Asana (ASAN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -6.79% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Asana Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Asana's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $3,673.2 Mil. Asana's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $-249.4 Mil. Asana's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -6.79%.

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

ASAN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -18.68   Med: -6.72   Max: -0.88
Current: -7.7

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Asana was -0.88%. The lowest was -18.68%. And the median was -6.72%.

ASAN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
76.39% of 2868 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.275 vs ASAN: -7.70

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


Asana Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Asana Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Asana Annual Data
Trend Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -2.94 -2.71 -13.09 -6.79

Asana Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -13.09 -11.09 -6.31 -7.27 -6.79

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Asana'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.


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

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

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



Asana 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.

Asanas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-249.373/3673.17876
=-6.79 %

Asana's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-249.4 Mil.



Asana  (NYSE:ASAN) 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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Asana (ASAN) Business Description

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633 Folsom Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94107
Asana is a provider of collaborative work management software delivered via a cloud-based SaaS model. The firm's solution offers scalable, dynamic tools to improve the efficiency of project and process management across countless use cases, including marketing programs, managing IT approvals, and performance management. Asana's offering supports workflow management across teams, provides real time visibility into projects, and reporting and automation capabilities. The firm generates revenue via software subscriptions on a per seat basis.
Executives
Tim M Wan officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ASANA, INC., 633 FOLSOM STREET, SUITE 100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Eleanor B Lacey officer: GC, Corporate Secretary C/O ASANA, INC., 633 FOLSOM STREET, SUITE 100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Anne Raimondi director C/O ASANA, INC., 633 FOLSOM STREET, SUITE 100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Dustin A. Moskovitz director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, CEO, & Chair P.O. BOX 2929, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94126
Lorrie M Norrington director C/O EBAY INC., 2145 HAMILTON AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95125
Justin Rosenstein director, 10 percent owner C/O ASANA, INC., 633 FOLSOM STREET, SUITE 100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Krista Anderson-copperman director C/O ASANA, INC., 633 FOLSOM STREET, SUITE 100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Amit K. Singh director 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Chris Farinacci officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O ASANA, INC., 633 FOLSOM STREET, SUITE 100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Andrew Lindsay director C/O ASANA, INC., 633 FOLSOM STREET, SUITE 100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Steven M Spurlock 10 percent owner 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Benchmark Capital Management Co. Vi, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Generation Im Climate Solutions Fund Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Founders Fund Iv Management, Llc 10 percent owner ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING D, SUITE 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Matt Cohler director, 10 percent owner 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025