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Echo Therapeutics (Echo Therapeutics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -73.53% (As of Sep. 2016)


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What is Echo Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Echo Therapeutics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $7.83 Mil. Echo Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was $-5.75 Mil. Echo Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was -73.53%.

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

ECTE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 0.15
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Echo Therapeutics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 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.


Echo Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Echo Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Echo Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -12.84 -27.78 -59.88 -94.34 -136.99

Echo Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16
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 -158.73 -136.99 -103.09 -51.28 -73.53

Competitive Comparison of Echo Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Echo 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.


Echo Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Echo Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Echo 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.

Echo Therapeuticss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-22.179/16.15079
=-137.32 %

Echo Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-5.75 Mil.



Echo Therapeutics  (OTCPK:ECTE) 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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Echo Therapeutics (Echo Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
99 Wood Avenue South, Suite 302, Iselin, NJ, USA, 08830
Echo Therapeutics Inc is a medical device company with expertise in skin permeation technology. It develops non-invasive, wireless continuous glucose monitoring system with potential use in the wearable health consumer and the diabetes outpatient market.
Executives
Michael M Goldberg director C/O MONTAUR CAPITAL PARTNERS, 152 WEST 57TH STREET, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Uri Landesman 10 percent owner 230 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10169
Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund, Lp 10 percent owner 250 WEST 55TH STREET, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Mark Nordlicht 10 percent owner 250 WEST 55TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Platinum Management (ny) Llc 10 percent owner 250 WEST 55TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Platinum-montaur Life Sciences, Llc 10 percent owner 152 WEST 57TH STREET, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Platinum Partners Liquid Opportunity Master Fund L.p. 10 percent owner 152 WEST 57 STREET, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Platinum Liquid Opportunity Management (ny) Llc 10 percent owner 152 WEST 57TH STREET, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Bernhardt Charles Thomas Iii officer: Interim CFO 23 BIRCH ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Vincent D Enright director ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
William Grieco director 830 CRESCENT CENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 610, FRANKLIN TN 37067
Platinum Long Term Growth Vii, Llc 10 percent owner 152 WEST 57TH STREET, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Robert F Doman director, officer: EXEC. CHAIRMAN AND INTERIM CEO C/O DUSA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 25 UPTON DRIVE, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Patrick T Mooney director, officer: CEO AND PRESIDENT C/O SONTRA MEDICAL CORPORATION, 10 FORGE PARKWAY, FRANKLIN MA 02038
Christopher P. Schnittker officer: CFO 29 EMMONS DRIVE, SUITE C-10, PRINCETON NJ 08540

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