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Spruce Biosciences (Spruce Biosciences) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 104.17% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Spruce Biosciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Spruce Biosciences's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-44.66 Mil. Spruce Biosciences's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-46.30 Mil. Spruce Biosciences's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 104.17%.

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

SPRB' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -825.53   Med: 108.23   Max: 341.82
Current: 99.01

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Spruce Biosciences was 341.82%. The lowest was -825.53%. And the median was 108.23%.

SPRB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: -15.85 vs SPRB: 99.01

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) %. Spruce Biosciences's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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.


Spruce Biosciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Spruce Biosciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Spruce Biosciences Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -7.05 -188.68 98.04 -166.67

Spruce Biosciences Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 188.68 172.41 434.78 -166.67 104.17

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Spruce Biosciences'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.


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

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

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



Spruce Biosciences 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-47.436/28.487314
=-166.52 %

Spruce Biosciences's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-46.30 Mil.



Spruce Biosciences  (NAS:SPRB) 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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Spruce Biosciences (Spruce Biosciences) Business Description

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611 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 740, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Spruce Biosciences Inc is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapies for rare endocrine disorders with unmet medical needs. The company is initially developing its wholly-owned product candidate, tildacerfont, as the potential first non-steroidal therapy to offer markedly improved disease control and reduce steroid burden for patients suffering from classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
Executives
Percival Barretto-ko director 611 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SUITE 740, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Novo Holdings A/s 10 percent owner TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19, HELLERUP G7 2900
Niall O'donnell director C/O RIVERVEST VENTURE PARTNERS, 101 SOUTH HANLEY RD., STE 1850, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Charlton Ralph William Iii officer: Chief Medical Officer 2001 JUNIPERO SERRA BOULEVARD, SUITE 640, DALY CITY CA 94104
Javier B. Szwarcberg director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2001 JUNIPERO SERRA BOULEVARD, SUITE 640, DALY CITY CA 94014
Kirk Ways director C/O 2001 JUNIPERO SERRA BOULEVARD, SUITE 540, DALY CITY CA 94014
Camilla V Simpson director 20 ELAINE AVE., MILL VALLEY CA 94941
Bali Muralidhar director C/O EXICURE, INC., 8045 LAMON AVENUE, SUITE 410, SKOKIE IL 60077
Jonas Hansson director 18 AVENUE D'OUCHY, LAUSANNE V8 CH-1006
Rivervest Venture Fund Iii (ohio), L.p. 10 percent owner 11000 CEDAR AVENUE, SUITE 100, CLEVELAND OH 44106-3502
Healthcap Viii, L.p. 10 percent owner 18 AVENUE D'OUCHY, C/O HEALTHCAP VIII GP SA, CH 1006 LAUSANNE V8 1006
Moghrabi Dina Chaya director 22 GLEDHOW GARDENS, FLAT 2, LONDON X0 SW5 0AZ
Omega Fund Vi Gp Manager, Ltd. 10 percent owner 888 BOYLSTON STREET, SUITE 1111, BOSTON MA 02199
Samir M. Gharib officer: Chief Financial Officer 2655 PINE STREET, #6, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94115
Richard King director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O KOS PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 1001 BRICKELL AVE 25TH FL, MIAMI FL 33131