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WaveDancer (WaveDancer) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -39.53% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is WaveDancer Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

WaveDancer's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.52 Mil. WaveDancer's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.39 Mil. WaveDancer's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -39.53%.

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

WAVD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -674.81   Med: -8.68   Max: 920.83
Current: -24.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of WaveDancer was 920.83%. The lowest was -674.81%. And the median was -8.68%.

WAVD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
85.49% of 2867 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.16 vs WAVD: -24.63

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


WaveDancer Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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WaveDancer Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

WaveDancer Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -121.95 2.79 -2.67 -57.47 -39.53

WaveDancer Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -57.47 -71.94 -36.50 -30.86 -39.53

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, WaveDancer'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.


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

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

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



WaveDancer 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.392/3.5202742
=-39.54 %

WaveDancer's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.39 Mil.



WaveDancer  (NAS:WAVD) 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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WaveDancer (WaveDancer) Business Description

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12015 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Suite 210, Fairfax, VA, USA, 22033
WaveDancer Inc, formerly Information Analysis Inc is in the business of developing and maintaining information technology systems, modernizing client information systems, and performing professional services to government and commercial organizations. The company has two operating segments: the Tellenger segment provides professional services to government agencies, related to legacy software migration and modernization, developing web-based and mobile device solutions, including dynamic electronic forms development and conversion, and data analytics, and The Blockchain SCM segment is an early-stage business focused on developing, marketing, and selling a SaaS supply chain management platform built on blockchain technology.
Executives
Benoit Gerald James Jr director, officer: CEO %INFORMATION ANALYSIS INCORPORATED, 12015 LEE JACKSON MEMORIAL HWY, STE 210, FAIRFAX VA 22033
Linda L Singh director 3301 BOSTON STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21224
Paul B Becker director C/O INFORMATION ANALYSIS INCORPORATED, 12015 LEE JACKSON MEMORIAL HWY STE 210, FAIRFAX VA 22033
Timothy G Hannon officer: CFO % INFORMATION ANALYSIS INC, STE 210, FAIRFAX VA 22033
Dipaula James C Jr director C/O INFORMATION ANALYSIS INCORPORATED, STE 210, FAIRFAX VA 22033
Donald J Tringali director C/O INFORMATION ANALYSIS INCORPORATED, 11240 WAPLES MILL RD STE 201, FAIRFAX VA 22030
Johnson Jack L Jr director C/O INFORATION ANALYSIS INCORPORATED, 11240 WAPLES MILL RD STE 201, FAIRFAX VA 22030
Sandor Rosenberg director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 11240 WAPLES MILL ROAD, SUITE 400, FAIRFAX VA 22030
Matthew T Sands officer: Acting Principal Financial Off C/O INFORMATION ANALYSIS INCORPORATED, 11240 WAPLES MILL RD STE 201, FAIRFAX VA 22030
Joseph Patrick Daly 10 percent owner 497 CIRCLE FREEWAY, CINCINNATI OH 45246
Bonnie K Wachtel director 1101 FOURTEENTH STREET NW, SUITE 800, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Stanley Arthur Reese officer: Chief Operating Officer
Mark T Krial director C/O INFORMATION ANALYSIS INCORPORATED, 11240 WAPLES MILL RD STE 201, FAIRFAX VA 22030
William Henry Pickle director C/O INFORMATION ANALYSIS INCORPORATED, 11240 WAPLES MILL RD, STE 201, FAIRFAX VA 22030
Richard S Derose officer: Chief Financial Officer