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Liquidia (Liquidia) Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) : -1.37 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Liquidia Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)?

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

Liquidia's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.37. It's Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio for today is 0.


The historical rank and industry rank for Liquidia's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) or its related term are showing as below:



LQDA's Price-to-Owner-Earnings is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 35.34
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Owner-Earnings only.

Liquidia's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.54. Its Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.56. It's PE Ratio ratio for today is At Loss.

Liquidia's EPS without NRI for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.39. Its EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.41. It's PE Ratio without NRI ratio for today is At Loss.


Liquidia Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liquidia's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) 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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Liquidia Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Chart

Liquidia Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - -0.82 -0.63 -1.13

Liquidia Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) 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 -0.62 -0.76 -0.93 -1.13 -1.37

Competitive Comparison of Liquidia's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Liquidia's Price-to-Owner-Earnings, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Owner-Earnings 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.


Liquidia's Price-to-Owner-Earnings Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Liquidia's Price-to-Owner-Earnings distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liquidia's Price-to-Owner-Earnings falls into.



Liquidia Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume. (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

To make it simple, then you will have:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) = (Net Income + Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization + Change In Deferred Tax - 5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure + Change In Working Capital) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

Liquidia's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation:

TTM / Last Quarter Average of Last 20 Quarters
Net Income -107.69
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization 2.10
Change In Deferred Tax 0.00
5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure 3.81
Change In Working Capital 5.99
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) 75.39

1. Start with "Net Income" from income statement. Liquidia's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-107.69 Mil.

2. "Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization" is from cashflow statement. Liquidia's Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.10 Mil. This needs to be added back because company does not actually need to pay cash for it. It is a non-cash item.

3. Other non-cash charges usually include "Stock Based Compensation" and "Change In Deferred Tax":
However, to be conservative, GuruFocus will not add Stock Based Compensation back to net income. Liquidia's Change In Deferred Tax for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil.

4. Average maintenance capital expenditure over a business/industry cycle: 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $3.81 Mil

It is usually best to take a long-term average of maintenance capital expenditure. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since many companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditure.

The following shows how to get maintenance capital expenditure.

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous quarter. If the revenue decreased from the previous quarter, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous quarter, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Growth Capital Expenditure = Percentage of Property, Plant and Equipment as of corresponding Revenue * Revenue Increase
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
Fourth, get the average of the 5 years maintenance capital expenditure.

Liquidia's 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $3.81 Mil

5. "Change In Working Capital" is from cashflow statement. Liquidia's Change In Working Capital for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $5.99 Mil.
Note: GuruFocus' Change in Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And sometimes it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.

6. Liquidia's Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was 75.394 Mil.

Liquidia's Onwer Earnings Per Share for Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=( Net Income+Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization+Change In Deferred Tax
=( -107.685 +2.098+0
-5Y Avg of Maintenance CAPEX+Change In Working Capital )/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
-3.8074291470082+5.987)/75.394
=-1.37

Price-to-Owner-Earnings=Current Price/Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=12.71/-1.37
=0

* 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.


Be Aware

Assumption: Companies usually do not report maintenance capital expenditures and growth capital expenditures separately. Here we use estimated numbers and average them over 5 years. The method to estimate maintenance capital expenditures can be found in above part 4.

Note: GuruFocus' Change In Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.


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Liquidia (Liquidia) Business Description

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Address
419 Davis Drive, Suite 100, Morrisville, NC, USA, 27560
Liquidia Corp is a United States-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of products that address unmet patient needs, with the current focus directed towards the treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH). It conducts research, development, and manufacturing of novel products by applying its proprietary PRINT technology, a particle engineering platform, to enable the precise production of uniform drug particles designed to improve the safety, efficacy, and performance of a wide range of therapies. Its product includes YUTREPIA (treprostinil) inhalation powder, for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Executives
Rajeev Saggar officer: Chief Medical Officer 419 DAVIS DRIVE, SUITE 100, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Jason Adair officer: V.P. Crp Dvlpmnt and Strtgy C/O LIQUIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 419 DAVIS DRIVE, SUITE 100, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Paul B Manning director, 10 percent owner 200 GARRETT STREET SUITE S, CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22902
Roger Jeffs director
Caligan Partners Lp director, 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks 515 MADISON AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Robert A Lippe officer: Chief Operations Officer C/O ALEXZA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 2091 STIERLIN COURT, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Scott Moomaw officer: SVP, Commercial P.O. BOX 110085, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK NC 27709
Michael Kaseta officer: Chief Financial Officer 7100 WEST CREDIT AVENUE, SUITE 101, MISSISSAUGA A6 L5N OE4
Russell Schundler officer: General Counsel P.O. BOX 110085, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK NC 27709
Arthur S Kirsch director 7100 WEST CREDIT AVENUE, SUITE 101, C/O ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC., MISSISSAUGA A6 L5N 0E4
David Edward Johnson 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Katherine Rielly-gauvin director 419 DAVIS DRIVE, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Raman Singh director C/O LIQUIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 419 DAVIS DRIVE, SUITE 100, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Joanna Horobin director 215 FIRST STREET, SUITE 440, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Stephen M Bloch director 285 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, SUITE 250, WESTPORT CT 06880