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CytomX Therapeutics (CytomX Therapeutics) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $0.30 (As of Dec23)


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What is CytomX Therapeutics Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Dec23, CytomX Therapeutics's earnings power value is $0.30. *

* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

Margin of Safety is -443.53

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future. Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.


CytomX Therapeutics Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for CytomX Therapeutics's Earnings Power Value (EPV) 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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CytomX Therapeutics Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

CytomX Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Power Value (EPV)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -20.66 -8.32 0.89 -0.78 0.30

CytomX Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Power Value (EPV) 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 -0.78 -0.48 -0.71 0.01 0.30

Competitive Comparison of CytomX Therapeutics's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Biotechnology subindustry, CytomX Therapeutics's Earnings Power Value (EPV), along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Power Value (EPV) 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.


CytomX Therapeutics's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, CytomX Therapeutics's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CytomX Therapeutics's Earnings Power Value (EPV) falls into.



CytomX Therapeutics Earnings Power Value (EPV) Calculation

Earnings Power Value also known as just Earnings Power is a valuation technique popularised by Bruce Greenwald, an authority on value investing at Columbia University. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. This valuation tool excludes the potential growth that a company may have so that needs to be looked at separately. Since future growth is excluded from the analysis, only the maintenance capital expenditures are subtracted from after-tax EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) and growth capex is ignored.

CytomX Therapeutics's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 57.4
DDA 2.5
Operating Margin % -51.60
SGA * 25% 9.2
Tax Rate % 46.04
Maintenance Capex 1.8
Cash and Cash Equivalents 174.5
Short-Term Debt 4.6
Long-Term Debt 9.4
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 81.6

1. Start with "Earnings" not including accounting adjustments (one-time charges not excluded unless policy has changed). "Earnings" are "Operating Income.

2. Look at average margins over a business/Industry cycle: Average Operating Margin = -51.60%

To normalize margins and eliminate the effects on profitability of valuing the firm at different points in the business cycle, it is usually best to take a long-term average of operating margins. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since most of companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year margin.

3. Multiply average margins by sustainable revenues and then adjust for maintenance SGA. This yields "normalized" EBIT:

To be conservative, GuruFocus uses an average of the 5 year revenues as the sustainable revenue.
EPV analysis recognises that part of SG&A expenditure is made to maintain and replace the existing assets, while part is made to grow sales. Since EPV is only interested in what it costs a going concern to maintain its existing asset base, it adds back a percentage of SG&A (between 15% and 50% - this is a matter of judgment and industry knowledge) to make up for the fact that some of this expenditure went to fund growth and shouldn't be accounted for. To start off, we assume 25% for the sake of prudence.
Sustainable Revenue = $57.4 Mil, Average Operating Margin = -51.60%, Average Adjusted SGA = 9.2,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 57.4 * -51.60% +9.2 = $-20.379918654 Mil.

4. Multiply by one minus Average Tax Rate (NOPAT):

Same as average operating margin calculation, GuruFocus takes an average of the 5 years tax rates.
Average Tax Rate = 46.04%, and "Normalized" EBIT = $-20.379918654 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = -20.379918654 * ( 1 - 46.04% ) = $-10.997717402851 Mil.

5. Add back Excess Depreciation (after tax at 1/2 average tax rate). This yields "normalized" Earnings:

Excess Depreciation = Average DDA * % of Excess Depreciation (after tax at 1/2 average tax rate) = 2.5 * 0.5 * 46.04% = $0.575548323 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = -10.997717402851 + 0.575548323 = $-10.422169079851 Mil.

6. Adjusted for Maintenance Capital Expenditure:

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous year. If the revenue decreased from the previous year, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous year, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase.
Fourth, GuruFocus uses an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditures as maintenance CAPEX.
CytomX Therapeutics's Average Maintenance CAPEX = $1.8 Mil *.
* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

7. Investors require a return of "WACC" for the risk they are taking: WACC = 9%

8. CytomX Therapeutics's current cash and cash equivalent = $174.5 Mil.
CytomX Therapeutics's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 9.4 + 4.6 = $13.974 Mil.
CytomX Therapeutics's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 81.6 Mil.

CytomX Therapeutics's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Dec23 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( -10.422169079851 - 1.8)/ 9%+174.5-13.974 )/81.6
=0.30

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( 0.30080951156842-1.635 )/0.30080951156842
= -443.53%

* 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.

* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.


CytomX Therapeutics  (NAS:CTMX) Earnings Power Value (EPV) Explanation

Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.

Earnings power value (EPV) uses a very basic equation which assumes no growth, although it does rely on an assumption about the cost of capital as well as the fact that current earnings are sustainable. It also involves several adjustments to clean up the underlying Earnings figures.


Be Aware

Though using today's earnings in calculating Earnings Power Value, GuruFocus is normalizing these earnings to the business cycle. This eliminates the effects on profitability of valuing the firm at different points in the business cycle. This means that we are considering the average earnings over 5 years.


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CytomX Therapeutics (CytomX Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
151 Oyster Point Boulevard, Suite 400, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
CytomX Therapeutics Inc is an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company which is operating in the United States. It is engaged in developing antibody therapeutics based on probody technology platform. The company probody technology platform to create proprietary cancer immunotherapies against clinically-validated targets and develops cancer therapeutics. Probody therapeutics are designed to take advantage of conditions in the tumor microenvironment to enhance the tumor-targeting features of an antibody and reduce drug activity in healthy tissues.
Executives
Marcia Belvin officer: SVP, Chief Scientific Officer C/O CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC., 151 OYSTER POINT BLVD., STE. 400, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Christopher Ogden officer: SVP, Finance and Accounting C/O CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC., 151 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SUITE 400, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Jeffrey B Landau officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC., 151 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SUITE 400, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Lloyd A Rowland officer: General Counsel AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 9360 TOWNE CENTRE DR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Sean A. Mccarthy director, officer: President and CEO 343 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SUITE 100, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Yu-waye Chu officer: Chief Medical Officer FATE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 3535 GENERAL ATOMICS COURT STE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Elaine V Jones director C/O TARGACEPT, INC., 200 EAST FIRST STREET, SUITE 300, WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101
Amy C. Peterson officer: EVP, Chief Development Officer C/O MOURANT OZANNES CORPORATE SERVICES, 94 SOLARIS AVENUE, CAMANA BAY, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1108
Carlos Campoy officer: Chief Financial Officer 11804 NORTH CREEK PARKWAY SOUTH, BOTHELL WA 98011
Alison L. Hannah officer: Chief Medical Officer 12701 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, SUITE 9, FORT MYERS FL 33913
Alan Ashworth director C/O CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC., 151 OYSTER POINT BLVD., STE. 400, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
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