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Synacor (Synacor) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -19.23% (As of Dec. 2020)


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What is Synacor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Synacor's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was $54.15 Mil. Synacor's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was $-10.42 Mil. Synacor's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was -19.23%.

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

SYNC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.105
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Synacor's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 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.


Synacor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Synacor Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Synacor Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -10.41 -11.36 -14.49 -13.76 -19.23

Synacor Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
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 -13.76 -26.25 -24.15 -17.95 -19.23

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

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Synacor'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.


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

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

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



Synacor 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.

Synacors Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-10.415/54.15012
=-19.23 %

Synacor's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-10.42 Mil.



Synacor  (NAS:SYNC) 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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Synacor (Synacor) Business Description

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Synacor Inc provides managed portals, advertising solutions, email and collaboration platforms, end-to-end video solutions and cloud-based identity management. Its customers include communications providers, media companies, government entities and enterprises. The company's operating segment includes Software and Services and Portal and Advertising. It generates maximum revenue from the Portal and Advertising segment. Geographically, it derives maximum revenue from the United States.
Executives
Marwan Fawaz director 12405 POWERSCOURT DRIVE, SAINT LOUIS MO 63131
Elisabeth B Donohue director C/O SYNACOR, INC., 40 LA RIVIERE DRIVE, SUITE 300, BUFFALO NY 14202
Kevin Rendino director 800 SCUDDERS MILL RD, PLAINSBORO NJ 08536
Andrew Kau director WALDEN INTERNATIONAL ONE CALIFORNIA STREET, 28TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Michael J Montgomery director 100 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD SUITE 400 SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Timothy J Heasley officer: Chief Financial Officer 18 SANDPIPER COURT, ORCHARD PARK NY 14127
Steven M Davi officer: EVP Technology C O SEACHANGE INTERNATIONAL INC., 124 ACTON STREET, MAYNARD MA 01754
Himesh Bhise director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SYNACOR, INC. 40 LA RIVIERE DRIVE BUFFALO NY 14202
Gary L Ginsberg director TIME WARNER INC., ONE TIME WARNER CENTER, NEW YORK NY 10019
Scott Murphy director C/O SYNACOR, INC. 40 LA RIVIERE DRIVE BUFFALO NY 14202
Jordan Levy director ONE HSBC CENTER SUITE 3850 BUFFALO NY 14203
William John Stuart officer: Chief Financial Officer AVICI SYSTEMS INC. 101 BILLERICA DRIVE NORTH BILLERICA MA 01862
Tz Holdings, Inc. 10 percent owner C/O BELL NUNNALLY & MARTIN LLP 3232 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 1400 DALLAS TX 75204
George Chamoun officer: President, Sales and Marketing C/O SYNACOR, INC., 40 LA RIVIERE DRIVE, SUITE 300, BUFFALO NY 14202
Ronald N Frankel director, officer: President &CEO 40 LARIVIERE DRIVE SUITE 300 BUFFALO NY 14202