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Viavi Solutions (Viavi Solutions) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 2.50% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Viavi Solutions's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,459 Mil. Viavi Solutions's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $62 Mil. Viavi Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.50%.

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

VIAV' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.15   Med: 2.23   Max: 13.14
Current: 3.1

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Viavi Solutions was 13.14%. The lowest was -9.15%. And the median was 2.23%.

VIAV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
51.96% of 2475 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.39 vs VIAV: 3.10

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) %. Viavi Solutions's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.81%. 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.


Viavi Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Viavi Solutions Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.36 4.16 3.52 2.70 3.07

Viavi Solutions 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 5.94 4.42 3.07 2.67 2.50

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Viavi Solutions'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.


Viavi Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Viavi Solutions 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.

Viavi Solutionss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=85.3/2775.16
=3.07 %

Viavi Solutions'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 $62 Mil.



Viavi Solutions  (NAS:VIAV) 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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Viavi Solutions (Viavi Solutions) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1445 South Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 102, Chandler, AZ, USA, 85286
Viavi Solutions Inc. is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions to communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, civil government, military and avionics customers. The company also offers high-performance thin-film optical coatings, providing light management solutions to anti-counterfeiting, 3D sensing, electronics, automotive, defense and instrumentation markets. Its operating segments include Network Enablement, Service Enablement, and Optical Security and Performance Products. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
Executives
Paul Mcnab officer: EVP, Chief Mktg & Stgy Officer C/O JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION, 430 N MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Gary W Staley officer: SVP Global Sales NSE VIAVI SOLUTIONS, INC., 430 NORTH MCCARTHY BLVD., MILPITAS CA 95035
Ralph Rondinone officer: SVP Global Operations NSE C/O JDS UNIPHASE, 430 NORTH MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Kevin Christopher Siebert officer: SVP Gen. Counsel & Secretary 430 NORTH MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Luke M Scrivanich officer: SVP General Manager OSP 430 N MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Oleg Khaykin officer: President & CEO
Doug Gilstrap director 1445 SOUTH SPECTRUM BLVD., SUITE 102, CHANDLER AZ 85286
Joanne Solomon director 1900 S. PRICE ROAD, CHANDLER AZ 85286
Richard Belluzzo director C/O QUANTUM CORP, 501 SYCAORE DR, MILPITAS CA 95035
Timothy Campos director C/O JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION, 430 N MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Henk Derksen officer: EVP, CFO 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., SUITE 1500, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Pamela K. Avent officer: Interim CFO C/O VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC., 6001 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Keith Barnes director 10100 N TANTAU AVE, CUPERTINO CA 95014-2540
Glenda Dorchak director C/O MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 350 OAKMEAD PARKWAY, SUITE 100, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Tor Braham director C/O NETAPP, 495 E. JAVA DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089