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Aceragen (Aceragen) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -144.93% (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is Aceragen Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Aceragen's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $17.49 Mil. Aceragen's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 was $-22.80 Mil. Aceragen's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was -144.93%.

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

ACGN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -115079.55   Med: -3.37   Max: 22208.33
Current: -1666.67

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Aceragen was 22208.33%. The lowest was -115079.55%. And the median was -3.37%.

ACGN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: -15.43 vs ACGN: -1666.67

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


Aceragen Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Aceragen Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Aceragen Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -555.56 -555.56 -108.70 555.56 -60.61

Aceragen Quarterly Data
Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
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 No Debt No Debt 3,333.33 -60.61 -144.93

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Aceragen'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.


Aceragen's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Aceragen's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Aceragen 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.

Aceragens Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-19.539/37.364396
=-52.29 %

Aceragen's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-22.80 Mil.



Aceragen  (NAS:ACGN) 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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Aceragen (Aceragen) Business Description

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505 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 212, Exton, PA, USA, 19341
Aceragen Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming the care of people living with rare pulmonary and rheumatic diseases. The company portfolio includes late-stage programs based on well-established biological principles that are developing to be inventive therapeutics capable of addressing the unmet medical needs of individuals living with rare diseases.
Executives
Vincent Milano director, officer: President & CEO C/O VIROPHARMA INC, 405 EAGLEVIEW BLVD, EXTON PA 19341
Maxine Gowen director
Pillar Invest Corp director, 10 percent owner C/O PILLAR INVEST OFFSHORE SAL, STARCO CENTER, BLOC B FL3, OMAR DAOUK ST, BEIRUT M8 2020-3313
Atul Chopra 10 percent owner C/O ACERAGEN, INC., 15 TW ALEXANDER DRIVE, DURHAM NC 27709
John Clayton Taylor director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O ACERAGEN, INC., 15 TW ALEXANDER DRIVE, DURHAM NC 27709
Carl N Kraus officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O ACERAGEN, INC., 15 TW ALEXANDER DRIVE, DURHAM NC 27709
Andrew R Jordan officer: Chief Strategy Officer C/O GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 6611 TIBUTARY ST., BALTIMORE MD 21224
Daniel Salain officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O GRAYBUG VISION, INC., 275 SHORELINE DRIVE, SUITE 450, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Ronald J Wooten director
Nq Pof V Gp, Ltd. director, other: See Remarks 4208 SIX FORKS ROAD, SUITE 920, RALEIGH NC 27609
Novaquest Co-investment Fund Xv, L.p. director, other: See Remarks 4208 SIX FORKS ROAD, SUITE 920, RALEIGH NC 27609
John J. Kirby officer: V.P. of Finance, PFO & PAO C/O IDERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 505 EAGLEVIEW BLVD., SUITE 212, EXTON PA 19341
Michael R Dougherty director C/O ADOLOR CORP, 700 PENNSYLVANIA DR, EXTON PA 19341
Elizabeth Ann Tarka officer: Chief Medical Officer 111 WAVERLY CIRCLE, PHOENIXVILLE PA 19460
Bryant David Lim officer: SVP & General Counsel C/O IDERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 505 EAGLEVIEW BLVD., SUITE 212, EXTON PA 19341