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Sprout Social (Sprout Social) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.96% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Sprout Social Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sprout Social's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $3,344.7 Mil. Sprout Social's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-65.6 Mil. Sprout Social's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -1.96%.

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

SPT' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.61   Med: -1.66   Max: -0.32
Current: -3.77

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sprout Social was -0.32%. The lowest was -9.61%. And the median was -1.66%.

SPT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
69.42% of 2868 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.26 vs SPT: -3.77

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) %. Sprout Social'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.


Sprout Social Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Sprout Social Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sprout Social Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -6.53 -1.37 -0.59 -1.68 -1.83

Sprout Social 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 -1.56 -2.02 -2.08 -1.83 -1.96

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sprout Social'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.


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

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

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



Sprout Social 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-63.024/3434.753552
=-1.83 %

Sprout Social'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 $-65.6 Mil.



Sprout Social  (NAS:SPT) 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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Sprout Social (Sprout Social) Business Description

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131 South Dearborn Street, Suite 700, Chicago, IL, USA, 60603
Sprout Social Inc develops a cloud software that brings together social messaging, data and workflows in a unified system of record, intelligence, and action. The firm generates majority revenue from software subscriptions.
Executives
Justyn Russell Howard director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O SPROUT SOCIAL, INC., 131 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603
Ryan Paul Barretto officer: President C/O SPROUT SOCIAL, INC., 131 SOUTH DEARBORN AVENUE, SUITE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603
Rankin Aaron Edward Frederick director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O SPROUT SOCIAL, INC., 131 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603
Preto Joseph Del officer: CFO and Treasurer 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60610
Karen Walker director 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Raina Moskowitz director 117 ADAMS STREET, C/O ETSY,INC., BROOKLYN NY 11201
William Thomas Stanley director 131 S DEARBORN ST, STE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603
Steven A Collins director 20 N. MERIDIAN STREET, SUITE 200, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204
Jamie Cannon Gilpin officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O SPROUT SOCIAL, INC., 131 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Jason Kreuziger director C/O SPROUT SOCIAL, INC., 131 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603
Gs Fund Holdings, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
New Enterprise Associates 13 Lp 10 percent owner 1119 ST PAUL STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Mbd Advisors, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Bridge Street Opportunity Advisors, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282