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Eton Pharmaceuticals (Eton Pharmaceuticals) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.23% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Eton Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Eton Pharmaceuticals's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $96.53 Mil. Eton Pharmaceuticals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.19 Mil. Eton Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -1.23%.

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

ETON' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -38.7   Med: -12.11   Max: 3.56
Current: -1.65

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Eton Pharmaceuticals was 3.56%. The lowest was -38.70%. And the median was -12.11%.

ETON's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
66% of 1094 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 2.275 vs ETON: -1.65

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) %. Eton Pharmaceuticals'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.


Eton Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Eton Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Eton Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -15.34 -14.77 -1.53 -13.39 -1.23

Eton Pharmaceuticals 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 -13.39 -6.34 0.43 2.94 -1.23

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

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Eton Pharmaceuticals'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.


Eton Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Eton Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Eton Pharmaceuticals 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.192/96.527878
=-1.23 %

Eton Pharmaceuticals'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 $-1.19 Mil.



Eton Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:ETON) 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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Eton Pharmaceuticals (Eton Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
21925 West Field Parkway, Suite 235, Deer Park, IL, USA, 60010-7278
Eton Pharmaceuticals Inc is a United States based specialty pharmaceutical company. The company is engaged in developing and commercializing pharmaceutical products to fulfill an unmet patient need. It has a diversified pipeline of around eleven product candidates in various stages of development.
Executives
David Krempa officer: Chief Business Officer 29125 W FIELD PARKWAY, SUITE 235, DEER PARK IL 60010
Sean Brynjelsen director, officer: President & CEO C/O ETON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 21925 W FIELD PKWY #235, DEER PARK IL 60010
James R. Gruber officer: Chief Financial Officer 618 AMES STREET, LIBERTYVILLE IL 60048
Opaleye Management Inc. 10 percent owner ONE BOSTON PLACE, SUITE 2600, BOSTON MA 02108
William Wilson Troutman officer: CFO, Treasurer & Secretary 21925 W FIELD PARKWAY, SUITE 235, DEER PARK IL 60010
Imprimis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 10 percent owner 102 WOODMONT BLVD, SUITE 610, NASHVILLE TN 37215
Jennifer Mckie Adams director 5410 TENNESSEE AVE, NASHVILLE TN 37209
Charles J Casamento director 99 BELBROOK WAY, ATHERTON CA 94027
Norbert G Riedel director BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC, ONE BAXTER PKWY DF2-1W, DEERFIELD IL 60015
Mark L Baum director C/O IMPRIMIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC, 12264 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 350, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Paul V Maier director 3595 JOHN HOPKINS COURT, SAN DIEGO CA 92121