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Cassava Sciences (Cassava Sciences) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -12.77% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Cassava Sciences's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $829.62 Mil. Cassava Sciences's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-105.96 Mil. Cassava Sciences's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -12.77%.

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

SAVA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -265692.49   Med: 12.59   Max: 2202.13
Current: -13.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Cassava Sciences was 2202.13%. The lowest was -265692.49%. And the median was 12.59%.

SAVA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
53.5% of 1400 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.465 vs SAVA: -13.33

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) %. Cassava Sciences'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.


Cassava Sciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cassava Sciences'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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Cassava Sciences 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 -5.47 -4.62 -2.17 -7.75 -12.77

Cassava Sciences 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 -7.75 -10.82 -11.35 -18.62 -12.77

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Cassava Sciences'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.


Cassava Sciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

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



Cassava Sciences 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-105.957/829.616619
=-12.77 %

Cassava Sciences'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 $-105.96 Mil.



Cassava Sciences  (NAS:SAVA) 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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Cassava Sciences (Cassava Sciences) Business Description

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6801 N. Capital of Texas Highway, Suite 300, Building 1, Austin, TX, USA, 78731
Cassava Sciences Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing a scientific approach for the treatment and detection of Alzheimer's disease. Its therapeutic product candidate is called simufilam, and it is a novel treatment for Alzheimer's disease; and investigational diagnostic product candidate is called SavaDx, and it is a novel way to detect the presence of Alzheimer's disease from a small sample of blood, possibly years before the overt appearance of clinical symptoms.
Executives
Sanford Robertson director ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING C SUITE 410, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Richard Barry director 285 MARGALITA DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL CA 94901
Robert Christopher Cook officer: SVP & General Counsel 6801 N. CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY, BUILDING 1, SUITE 300, AUSTIN TX 78731
James William Kupiec officer: Chief Clinical Dev. Officer 7801 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HIGHWAY, SUITE 260, AUSTIN TX 78731
Eric Schoen officer: Chief Financial Officer 7801 N. CAPITAL OF TX HWY, SUITE 260, AUSTIN TX 78731
Remi Barbier director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, Chairman of the Board
Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. 10 percent owner C/O ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC, 510 MADISON AVENUE, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Armistice Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 510 MADISON AVENUE, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Steven Boyd 10 percent owner 510 MADISON AVENUE, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
O Donnell Michael J director
Robert Z Gussin director
Scannon Patrick J Md Phd director C/O XOMA, LTD., 2910 SEVENTH STREET, BERKELEY CA 94710
Saira Ramasastry director 501 CANAL BLVD., RICHMOND CA 94804
Nadav Friedmann director, officer: Chief Scientific Officer
Sabretooth Master Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 50TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174