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Bridgeline Digital (Bridgeline Digital) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -21.05% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Bridgeline Digital Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Bridgeline Digital's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $11.64 Mil. Bridgeline Digital's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-2.45 Mil. Bridgeline Digital's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -21.05%.

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

BLIN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -125597.14   Med: -18.13   Max: 375963.76
Current: -20.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Bridgeline Digital was 375963.76%. The lowest was -125597.14%. And the median was -18.13%.

BLIN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
85.22% of 2856 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.37 vs BLIN: -20.70

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) %. Bridgeline Digital'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.


Bridgeline Digital Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Bridgeline Digital Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Bridgeline Digital Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -175.44 4.44 0.40 -13.99 -30.77

Bridgeline Digital 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 -21.05 -17.61 -30.77 -27.93 -21.05

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

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Bridgeline Digital'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.


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

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

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



Bridgeline Digital 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.

Bridgeline Digitals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-2.266/7.36894208
=-30.75 %

Bridgeline Digital'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 $-2.45 Mil.



Bridgeline Digital  (NAS:BLIN) 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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Bridgeline Digital (Bridgeline Digital) Business Description

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Address
100 Sylvan Road, Suite G700, Woburn, MA, USA, 01801
Bridgeline Digital Inc is a marketing technology company that offers a suite of products that help companies grow online revenue by driving more traffic to their websites, converting more visitors to purchasers, and increasing average order value. It helps to maximize the performance of critical websites, intranets, and online stores. The company generates revenue from digital engagement services, subscription, perpetual licenses, maintenance, and hosting. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
Executives
Roger E. Kahn officer: PRESIDENT AND CEO C/O BRIDGELINE DIGITAL, INC., 80 BLANCHARD ROAD, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Thomas R. Windhausen officer: CFO and Treasurer C/O BRIDGELINE DIGITAL, INC., 100 SYLVAN RD SUITE G700, WOBURN MA 01801
Mark G. Downey officer: Chief Financial Officer 135 FIFTH AVENUE, FLOOR 10, NEW YORK NY 10010
Seevolution, Inc. 10 percent owner 251 LITTLE FALLS DRIVE, WILMINGTON DE 19808
Carole Ann Tyner officer: CFO 9 ELDERBERRY WAY, WESTFORD MA 01886
Michael Prinn officer: VP Finance and CAO C/O BRIDGELINE DIGITAL, INC., 10 SIXTH ROAD, WOBURN MA 01801
Robert Taglich director 700 NEW YORK AVENUE, HUNTINGTON NY 11743
Michael N Taglich director, 10 percent owner TAGLICH BROTHERS INC, 1370 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS --31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 6317254791
John C Cavalier director 6 SCHUYLER MEADOWS ROAD, LOUDONVILLE NY 12211
Thomas L Massie director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 130 NEW BOSTON STREET, WOBURN MA 01801
Joni Kahn director
Westland Ventures, Llc 10 percent owner 354 QUAKER ROAD, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Robert M Hegarty director 18 MORTON ROAD, ARLINGTON MA 02476
Kenneth Galaznik director C/O AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING,INC, 829 MIDDLESEX TURNPIKE, BILLERICA MA 01821
Scott E Landers director C/O MONOTYPE IMAGING INC., 500 UNICORN PARK DRIVE, WOBURN MA 01801