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ARCA biopharma (ARCA biopharma) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 58.14% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is ARCA biopharma Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

ARCA biopharma's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-12.58 Mil. ARCA biopharma's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-7.30 Mil. ARCA biopharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 58.14%.

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

ABIO' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -22444.76   Med: 0   Max: 10202.16
Current: -46.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of ARCA biopharma was 10202.16%. The lowest was -22444.76%. And the median was 0.00%.

ABIO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
72.09% of 1394 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.455 vs ABIO: -46.30

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) %. ARCA biopharma'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.


ARCA biopharma Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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ARCA biopharma Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

ARCA biopharma Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -769.23 93.46 87.72 131.58 58.14

ARCA biopharma 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 131.58 76.34 74.07 78.13 58.14

Competitive Comparison of ARCA biopharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Biotechnology subindustry, ARCA biopharma'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.


ARCA biopharma's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



ARCA biopharma 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-7.296/-12.57513
=58.02 %

ARCA biopharma'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 $-7.30 Mil.



ARCA biopharma  (NAS:ABIO) 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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ARCA biopharma (ARCA biopharma) Business Description

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Address
10170 Church Ranch Way, Suite 100, Westminster, CO, USA, 80021
ARCA biopharma Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company applying a precision medicine approach to the development and commercialization of targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases. The company's product candidates are rNAPc2 as a potential treatment for COVID-19, the disease syndrome caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and potentially other viral diseases and Gencaro for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, or AF, in patients with chronic heart failure, or HF. rNAPc2 targets COVID-19 patients with biomarker evidence of coagulopathy, while Gencaro is being developed for patients who have a genotype that identifies a drug target associated with heightened efficacy.
Executives
James P Flynn director 41 HARRIS CT, DANVILLE CA 94526
Funicular Funds, Lp 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 1 2261 MARKET STREET, #4307, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114
Funicular Fund, Lp other: See Footnote 1 2261 MARKET STREET, #4307, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114
Jacob Ma-weaver other: See Remarks 2261 MARKET STREET, #4307, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114
Christopher David Ozeroff officer: S.V.P., General Counsel 8001 ARISTA PLACE, SUITE 200, BROOMFIELD CO 80021
Robert E Conway director C/O ARCA BIOPHARMA, INC, 8001 ARISTA PLACE, STE 430, BROOMFIELD CO 80021
C. Jeffrey Dekker officer: Chief Financial Officer 10170 CHURCH RANCH WAY, WESTMINSTER CO 80021
Thomas A Keuer officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O ARCA BIOPHARMA, INC., 10170 CHURCH RANCH WAY, STE 100, WESTMINSTER CO 80021
Brian L. Selby officer: VP, Finance 11080 CIRCLEPOINT ROAD, SUITE 140, WESTMINSTER CO 80020
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners Lp 10 percent owner 530 FIFTH AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Scott D Sandell 10 percent owner
David M Mott 10 percent owner 1119 ST. PAUL STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Joshua Makower 10 percent owner 1212 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Forest Baskett 10 percent owner
Peter J Barris 10 percent owner 1119 ST PAUL STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202