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United Therapeutics (United Therapeutics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 16.56% (As of Dec. 2023)
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United Therapeutics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,050 Mil. United Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,334 Mil. United Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.56%.

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

UTHR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.28   Med: 11.79   Max: 37.01
Current: 15.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of United Therapeutics was 37.01%. The lowest was -6.28%. And the median was 11.79%.

UTHR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
97.36% of 1400 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.465 vs UTHR: 15.06

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) %. United Therapeutics'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.


United Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Therapeutics'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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United Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.74 11.57 7.11 9.13 16.56

United Therapeutics 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) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.13 11.61 13.79 14.22 16.56

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, United Therapeutics'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.


United Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



United Therapeutics 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1333.6/8049.635545
=16.57 %

United Therapeutics'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 $1,334 Mil.



United Therapeutics  (NAS:UTHR) 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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United Therapeutics (United Therapeutics) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1040 Spring Street, Silver Spring, MD, USA, 20910
United Therapeutics specializes in drug development for pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare and progressive disease marked by abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. The company's therapies for PAH largely focus on the prostacyclin pathway, and many of its treatments are based on the same molecule, treprostinil. Most of the company's sales are generated within the United States. United Therapeutics also markets a pediatric oncology drug, but its focus largely remains in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Executives
Paul A Mahon officer: EVP & General Counsel
Nilda Mesa director C/O UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION, 1040 SPRING STREET, SILVER SPRING MD 20910
Christopher Causey director
Martine A Rothblatt director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
Louis W Sullivan director
Judy D. Olian director 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS 12TH FL, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Michael Benkowitz officer: President and COO C/O UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP, 1040 SPRING STREET, SILVER SPRING MD 20910
Christopher Patusky director
Raymond Dwek director
Linda Maxwell director 1040 SPRING STREET, SILVER SPRING NC 27709
Tommy G Thompson director 7711 CARONDELET, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Katherine J Klein director STEINBERG HALL-DIETRICH HALL, 3620 LOCUST WALK, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Richard Giltner director C/O UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORTION, 1735 CONNECTICUT AVE. NW, WASHINGTON DC 20009
Roger Jeffs director, officer: President and COO
David Zaccardelli officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer 300 TRI STATE INTERNATIONAL, SUITE 272, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069