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IDW Media Holdings (IDW Media Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -78.13% (As of Jan. 2023)


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What is IDW Media Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

IDW Media Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 was $6.06 Mil. IDW Media Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2023 was $-4.72 Mil. IDW Media Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 was -78.13%.

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

IDWM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 192.31
Current: 169.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of IDW Media Holdings was 192.31%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

IDWM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 2.89 vs IDWM: 169.49

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


IDW Media Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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IDW Media Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

IDW Media Holdings Annual Data
Trend Oct12 Oct13 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -13.12 -19.34 -22.88 -33.90 -7.56

IDW Media Holdings Quarterly Data
Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Oct19 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23
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 -4.19 -30.12 -35.59 -7.56 -78.13

Competitive Comparison of IDW Media Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Publishing subindustry, IDW Media 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.


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

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

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



IDW Media 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.

IDW Media Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.738/9.75928
=-7.56 %

IDW Media Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4.72 Mil.



IDW Media Holdings  (OTCPK:IDWM) 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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IDW Media Holdings (IDW Media Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
520 Broad Street, Newark, NJ, USA, 07102
IDW Media Holdings Inc is a diversified media company with operations in publishing, television entertainment, and media distribution. Its segments include IDW Publishing, which creates comic books, graphic novels, digital content, and games; and IDW Entertainment, which operates as a production company & studio that develops and produces content and formats for global platforms and services.
Executives
Amber Huerta officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O IDW MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
James R Woody director C/O IDW MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
David L Breau director C/O STRAIGHT PATH COMMUNICATIONS INC., 5300 HICKORY PARK DRIVE, SUITE 218, GLEN ALLEN VA 23059
Davidi Jonas director, officer: Executive Chairman C/O STRAIGHT PATH COMMUNICATIONS INC., 5300 HICKORY PARK DRIVE, SUITE 218, GLEN ALLEN VA 23059
Jonathan Rand director C/O STRAIGHT PATH COMMUNICATIONS INC., 5300 HICKORY PARK DRIVE, SUITE 218, GLEN ALLEN VA 23059
Allan Grafman director 160 RARITAN CENTER PARKWAY, EDISON NJ 08837
Sanford R Climan director, officer: VICE CHAIRMAN C/O EQUITY MARKETING INC, 6330 SAN VIENTE BLVD, LOS ANGELES CA 90048
Amy J Jonas director C/O IDW MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Ezra Rosensaft officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O IDW MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Karina M Fedasz officer: CFO, Treasurer & Corporate Sec C/O IDW MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Howard S Jonas director, officer: Chairman of the Board
Christopher J Mcgurk director C/O METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC., 10250 CONSTELLATION BLVD., LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Brooke Feinstein officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O IDW MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., 520 BROAD STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Raging Capital Fund (qp), Lp other: See explanation of responses TEN PRINCETON AVENUE, PO BOX 228, ROCKY HILL NJ 08853
Raging Capital Management, Llc 10 percent owner TEN PRINCETON AVENUE, PO BOX 228, ROCKY HILL NJ 08553-0228