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

: -47.85% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Eterna Therapeutics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $43.98 Mil. Eterna Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-20.52 Mil. Eterna Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -47.85%.

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

ERNA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -49.04   Med: -45.53   Max: -41.04
Current: -44.64

During the past 4 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Eterna Therapeutics was -41.04%. The lowest was -49.04%. And the median was -45.53%.

ERNA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
71.14% of 1400 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.465 vs ERNA: -44.64

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) %. Eterna 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.


Eterna Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eterna 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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Eterna Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -60.24 -400.00 -47.85

Eterna Therapeutics Quarterly Data
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 -400.00 -156.25 -46.51 -41.32 -47.85

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Eterna 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.


Eterna Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Eterna 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-21.057/43.98054235
=-47.88 %

Eterna 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 $-20.52 Mil.



Eterna Therapeutics  (NAS:ERNA) 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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Eterna Therapeutics (Eterna Therapeutics) Business Description

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1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 18A, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02141
Eterna Therapeutics Inc is a biopharmaceutical company. The company develops transformational new medicines using various cell engineering technology. It is engaged in developing breakthrough mRNA cell engineering technologies to repair cellular dysfunction and treat a range of therapeutic indications. With its strategic partners, the group is developing nucleic acid and cell therapies that can significantly improve the health outcomes of patients with high unmet medical needs.
Executives
Dorothy J Clarke director C/O ETERNA THERAPEUTICS INC., 1035 CAMBRIDGE STREET, STE. 18A, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
Charles Cherington 10 percent owner ONE BOW STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
Brant Binder director C/O TRUST CO OF THE SWEST, 200 PARK AVE SUITE 220, NEW YORK NY 01066
Richard W Wagner director C/O PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 830 WINTER ST, WALTHAM MA 02451
Curtis W Huft 10 percent owner 4510 LAMESA HWY, SNYDER TX 79549
Freebird Partners Lp 10 percent owner 2800 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 2000, HOUSTON TX 77056
Freebird Investments Llc 10 percent owner 2800 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 2000, HOUSTON TX 77056
John D Halpern 10 percent owner
Nicholas Jason Singer director 1395 BRICKELL AVENUE, SUITE 800, MIAMI FL 33131
William A. Wexler director 12 GILL STREET, SUITE 4650, WOBURN MA 01801
Gregory Fiore director 10355 SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 150, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Andrew C. Jackson officer: Chief Financial Officer 11988 EL CAMINO REAL STE. 650, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Matthew Angel officer: Interim President and CEO 10531 4S COMMONS DRIVE, SUITE 160-550, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
Heather B Redman director TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Erin S. Enright director 666 PLAINSBORO ROAD, PLAINSBORO NJ 08536

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