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Alkermes (Alkermes) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 10.50% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Alkermes's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,231 Mil. Alkermes's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $445 Mil. Alkermes's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.50%.

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

ALKS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10.68   Med: -1.59   Max: 12.47
Current: 12.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Alkermes was 12.47%. The lowest was -10.68%. And the median was -1.59%.

ALKS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
89.11% of 1093 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 2.54 vs ALKS: 12.29

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) %. Alkermes'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.


Alkermes Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alkermes'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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Alkermes Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -6.68 -3.22 2.93 -0.48 10.50

Alkermes 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) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.48 -0.43 5.87 9.78 10.50

Competitive Comparison

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


Alkermes Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Alkermes 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=444.551/4230.7192
=10.51 %

Alkermes'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 $445 Mil.



Alkermes  (NAS:ALKS) 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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Alkermes (Alkermes) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Burlington Road, Connaught House, Dublin, IRL, D04 C5Y6
Alkermes PLC is a fully integrated biotechnology company that applies its proprietary technologies to research, develop, and commercialize pharmaceutical products designed for unmet medical needs in therapeutic areas. The company utilizes several collaborative arrangements to develop and commercialize products and, in so doing, access technological, financial, marketing, manufacturing, and other resources. Alkermes either purchases active drug products from third parties or receives them from its third-party licensees to formulate products using its technologies.
Executives
Cato T Laurencin director C/O UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, 263 FARMINGTON AVENUE, FARMINGTON CT 06030-3800
Christian Todd Nichols officer: SVP, Chief Commercial Officer 852 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Nancy Wysenski director 2200 SUNBURST STREET, CHATSWORTH CA 90401
Daglio David Angelo Jr. director ALKERMES, 852 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Christopher I Wright director C/O CYCLERION THERAPEUTICS, INC., 245 FIRST STREET, 18TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Michael J Landine officer: SVP, Corp Dev., Alkermes, Inc. 88 SIDNEY ST, CAMBRIDGE MA 021394136
Richard F Pops director, officer: Director and CEO, Alkermes plc 10555 SCIENCE CENTER DR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Shane Cooke officer: President, Alkermes plc TREASURY BUILDING LOWER GRAND CANAL ST., DUBLIN 2 L2 00000
Blair Curtis Jackson officer: EVP, Chief Operating Officer 852 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Snyderman Nancy Lynn Md director 37 PHEASANT HILL ROAD, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Craig C. Hopkinson officer: SVP, Med Dev/Med Affairs, CMO 852 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Emily Peterson Alva director C/O AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, 400 CROSSING BOULEVARD, BRIDGEWATER NJ 08807
Iain Michael Brown officer: VP, Finance & CAO 14 ROYALSTON AVENUE, WINCHESTER MA 01890
Brian P Mckeon director IDEXX LABORATORIES, ONE IDEXX DRIVE, WESTBROOK ME 04092
David Joseph Gaffin officer: SVP, CLO, Alkermes, Inc. 852 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451