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Heliogen (Heliogen) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 263.16% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Heliogen Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Heliogen's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-48.54 Mil. Heliogen's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-127.29 Mil. Heliogen's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 263.16%.

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

HLGN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -15722.57   Med: 129.11   Max: 1331.63
Current: 243.9

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Heliogen was 1331.63%. The lowest was -15722.57%. And the median was 129.11%.

HLGN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry.
Industry Median: 4.64 vs HLGN: 243.90

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) %. Heliogen'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.


Heliogen Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Heliogen Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Heliogen Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -1.67 -2,000.00 263.16

Heliogen Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 -2,000.00 172.41 217.39 151.52 263.16

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

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Heliogen'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.


Heliogen's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Heliogen's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Heliogen 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-127.286/-48.53836
=262.24 %

Heliogen'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 $-127.29 Mil.



Heliogen  (OTCPK:HLGN) 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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Heliogen (Heliogen) Business Description

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Address
130 West Union Street, Pasadena, CA, USA, 91103
Heliogen Inc is a concentrated solar energy system that is being developed to unlock the power of sunlight to replace fossil fuels. Powered by artificial intelligence (AI), its modular system aims to deliver low-cost renewable energy in the form of heat, power, or hydrogen fuel. The company's computer vision software aligns an array of mirrors to reflect sunlight to a target on the top of a Sunlight Refinery tower.
Executives
Nant Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 9922 JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, CULVER CITY CA 90232
Barbara J Burger director 130 WEST UNION STREET, PASADENA CA 91103
Sagar Kurada officer: CFO and Head of Strategy 1323 W. SCHOOL STREET, CHICAGO IL 60657
William Gross director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O BILL GROSS' IDEALAB, 130 W UNION STREET, PASADENA CA 91103
Thomas P. Doyle officer: Chief Commercial Officer 130 W UNION STREET, PASADENA CA 91103
Kelly Rosser officer: Interim CFO, and CAO ONE MEMORIAL CITY PLAZA, 800 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 875, HOUSTON TX 77024
Christiana Obiaya officer: Chief Executive Officer 130 W UNION STREET, PASADENA CA 91103
Prime Movers Lab Fund I Lp 10 percent owner P.O. BOX 12829, JACKSON WY 83002
Prime Movers Lab Fund Ii Lp 10 percent owner 6765 CRYSTAL SPRINGS RD, TETON VILLAGE WY 83025
Paul Gauche officer: Executive VP, Engineering 130 WEST UNION STREET, PASADENA CA 91103
Roger Lazarus director 100 EL CAMINO REAL, GROUND SUITE, BURLINGAME CA 94010
Andrew Alan Lambert officer: Chf. Mfg. & Sply. Chain Ofc. 130 WEST UNION STREET, PASADENA CA 91103
Neotribe Partners I, Llc 10 percent owner 3340 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Phyllis W. Newhouse director 125 TOWNPARK DRIVE, SUITE 300, KENNESAW GA 30144
Robert M Kavner director OVERTURE SERVICES, INC., P.O. BOX 1355, CARMEL CA 93921