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Broadcom (Broadcom) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.96% (As of Sep. 2015)


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What is Broadcom Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Broadcom's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was $29,451 Mil. Broadcom's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 was $1,460 Mil. Broadcom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 4.96%.

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

BRCM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 2.045
* 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) %. Broadcom's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 4.03%. 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.


Broadcom Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Broadcom Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Broadcom Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.03 7.53 3.71 2.92 2.90

Broadcom Quarterly Data
Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15
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 2.17 2.90 3.04 3.83 4.96

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

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Broadcom'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.


Broadcom's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



Broadcom 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.

Broadcoms Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=694/23941.67
=2.90 %

Broadcom's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,460 Mil.



Broadcom  (NAS:BRCM) 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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Broadcom (Broadcom) Business Description

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Broadcom Corp was incorporated in California in August 16, 1991. The Company is provider of semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. It provides a portfolio of SoCs that seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile environments. Its business segments include Broadband and Connectivity; and Infrastructure and Networking. The solutions in Broadband and Connectivity segment include set-top box solutions, broadband modem solutions, connectivity solutions, and a range of other technologies. Customer products incorporating its solutions in Broadband and Connectivity segment include set-top boxes, or STBs, central office broadband access equipment, residential gateways, stand-alone broadband access modems, and a range of consumer devices, including smartphones and tablets, wearable devices, PCs, laptops, access points, and others. It offers complete platform solutions for cable, satellite, Internet Protocol, over-the-top and terrestrial STBs. Its solutions in Infrastructure and Networking segment include Ethernet switches and PHYs, which includes switches and fabrics; copper and optical transceivers; backplane and optical front-end physical layer devices; processors (including multicore processors); and other Infrastructure and Networking technologies (including knowledge-based processors, VoIP solutions, microwave backhaul solutions and radio head digital front ends). It also offers a family of Ethernet controllers. Customer products incorporating its solutions in Infrastructure and Networking segment include service provider metro equipment; edge and core routers, wireless infrastructure and wireless access points; switches and routers; servers and workstations; network interface cards; LAN on motherboard applications; optical networks and dense wave division multiplexing applications; security appliances; storage controllers; microwave links for wireless backhaul; cellular remote radio heads; automobile Ethernet networks; point-of-sale equipment; and other embedded SoC subsystems. Its customers shipping wired and/or wireless communications equipment and devices incorporating its products include Alcatel-Lucent, Apple, Arris, Cisco, Huawei Technologies, Humax, Pace, Samsung, Technicolor, ZTE. Its trademark includes Broadcom and BroadR-Reach. The Company's competitors include Intel Corporation, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., Mediatek Inc., Qualcomm Incorporation, and STMicroelectronics NV with respect to Broadband and Connectivity segment; and Cavium, Inc., Freescale Semiconductor,Ltd., Intel Corporation, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., and Mellanox with respect to Infrastructure and Networking segment. The Company's production is subject to environmental rules and regulations.
Executives
Nancy H Handel director 567 SAN NICOLAS DRIVE, SUITE 360, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Rajiv Ramaswami officer: Former EVP&GM, ING 5300 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92617
Robert J Finocchio director C/O ALTERA CORP 101 INNOVATION DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95134
John E Major director C/O LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC., 2140 LAKE PARK BOULEVARD, RICHARDSON TX 75080-2254
Michael E. Hurlston officer: Former EVP, Worldwide Sales 5300 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92617
Neil Y. Kim officer: Former EVP, Ops. & Central Eng MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 5488 MARVELL LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
William T Morrow director 77 BEALE STREET, 32ND FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Robert E Switz director 13625 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344
Maria Klawe director C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052-6399
Eric Brandt officer: Former EVP & CFO C/O DENTSPLY SIRONA INC, 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Nancy R Phillips officer: Former EVP, Human Resources 1515 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10036
Eddy W Hartenstein director
Henry Samueli director, officer: Chairman of the Board and CTO 5300 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92617-3038
Scott A Mcgregor director, officer: Former President & CEO 5300 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92617
Robert A. Rango officer: EVP & GM, Mobile&Wireless Grp 5300 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92617

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