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BioLargo (BioLargo) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -10.19% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is BioLargo Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

BioLargo's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $44.72 Mil. BioLargo's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-4.56 Mil. BioLargo's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -10.19%.

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

BLGO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -33.22   Med: -12.84   Max: -3.61
Current: -4.36

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of BioLargo was -3.61%. The lowest was -33.22%. And the median was -12.84%.

BLGO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
86.96% of 1572 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 3.89 vs BLGO: -4.36

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) %. BioLargo'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.


BioLargo Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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BioLargo Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

BioLargo 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 -18.42 -29.76 -13.12 -9.95 -10.19

BioLargo 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 -9.95 -7.46 -9.38 -11.55 -10.19

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

For the Chemicals subindustry, BioLargo'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.


BioLargo's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, BioLargo's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



BioLargo 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-4.557/44.72313962
=-10.19 %

BioLargo'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 $-4.56 Mil.



BioLargo  (OTCPK:BLGO) 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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BioLargo (BioLargo) Business Description

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14921 Chestnut Street, Westminster, CA, USA, 92683
BioLargo Inc invents, develops, and commercializes platform technologies to solve challenging environmental problems like PFAS contamination, advanced water, and wastewater treatment, industrial odor, and VOC control, air quality control, and infection control. The company holds a wide array of issued patents, maintains a robust pipeline of products, and provides full-service environmental engineering. BioLargo invents or acquires novel technologies and develops them to maturity through its operating subsidiaries. It monetizes through direct sales, recurring service contracts, licensing agreements, strategic joint venture formation, and/or the sale of the IP. The firm's technologies are commercially available and are advancing as disrupters in their respective markets.
Executives
Linda Park director 14921 CHESTNUT STREET, WESTMINSTER CA 92683
Christina Elaine Bray director PO BOX 234, FREDERICK CO 80530
Jack B. Strommen director 7108 31ST AVENUE N., MINNEAPOLIS MN 55427
Roberts Kent Charles Ii director 1146 OXFORD ROAD, SAN MARINO CA 91108
John S. Runyan director 30001 HILLSIDE TERRACE, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CA 92675
Dennis E Marshall director 3500 W. GARRY AVENUE, SANTA ANA CA 92705
Dennis P Calvert director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3500 GARRY AVE, SANTA ANA CA 92704
New Millennium Capital Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 16333 PHOEBE AVENUE, LA MIRADA CA 90638
Charles K Dargan officer: Chief Financial Officer 8055 W. MANCHESTER AVE., SUITE 405, PLAYA DEL REY CA 90293
Joseph L Provenzano director, officer: Corporate Secretary 3500 W. GARRY AVENUE, SANTA ANA CA 92704
Iowc Technologies, Inc. 10 percent owner 2603 MAIN STREET, SUITE 1155, IRVINE CA 92614
Kenneth Reay Code 10 percent owner 16150 HERON AVENUE, LA MIRADA CA 90638
Gary Adrian Cox director 3500 W. GARRY AVENUE, SANTA ANA CA 92705
Steven V Harrison director
Eduardo Ruiz director, 10 percent owner