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Candel TherapeuticsCADL -0.48%21 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -23.92% as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates CADL with a GF Score™ of 21/100. The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,325 Biotechnology companies, Candel Therapeutics ranks better than 54.49% on this metric.
Candel Therapeutics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $213.40 Mil.
Candel Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $-51.05 Mil. Candel Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was -23.92%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Candel Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
CADL'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2933.16 Med: -22.76 Max: 49035.15
Current: -8.22
During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Candel Therapeutics was 49035.15%. The lowest was -2933.16%. And the median was -22.76%.
CADL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 54.49% of 1325
companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -9.86
vs CADL: -8.22
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) %. Candel Therapeutics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five 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.
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.
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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.
Candel Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
Candel Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Candel Therapeutics'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.
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Candel 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.
Candel Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % vs Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Candel Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Candel Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Candel Therapeuticss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as
Candel Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-51.05 Mil.
What does a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -23.92% mean?
Candel Therapeutics (CADL) has a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -23.92% as of Mar. 2026. Joel Greenblatt's earnings yield equals the ratio of earnings before interest and taxes to enterprise value. View historical data on Candel Therapeutics and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Candel Therapeutics ranks #603 out of 1325 companies in the Biotechnology industry, placing it in the top 45.5%.
Is Candel Therapeutics' Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % too high?
Candel Therapeutics' current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -23.92%. Based on the distribution chart, Candel Therapeutics ranks #603 out of 1325 companies in the Biotechnology industry, which is above the industry midpoint. Overall, Candel Therapeutics has a GF Score™ of 21/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Candel Therapeutics' Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % compare to NGNE and CTMX?
According to the Biotechnology industry distribution chart, Candel Therapeutics ranks #603 out of 1325 companies for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %. This puts Candel Therapeutics in the upper half of its industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for a Biotechnology company?
A good Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % depends on the Biotechnology industry context. However, Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % mean?
A high Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Joel Greenblatt's earnings yield equals the ratio of earnings before interest and taxes to enterprise value. View historical data on Candel Therapeutics and its competitors. Candel Therapeutics's current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -23.92%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Candel Therapeutics stock overvalued right now?
Candel Therapeutics (CADL) has a current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -23.92%. The current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -23.92%. Candel Therapeutics' overall GF Score™ is 21/100 with 3 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % calculated?
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Candel Therapeutics (CADL), the current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -23.92% as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Candel Therapeutics Inc is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing off-the-shelf viral immunotherapies that elicit an individualized, systemic anti-tumor immune response to help patients fight cancer. The immune cells induced by these viral immunotherapies are believed to target patients' specific tumor antigens, potentially improving responses in immunologically hot tumors while at the same time infiltrating the tumor microenvironment, transforming non-inflamed cold tumors with limited immune response into hot tumors. The company has established two clinical off-the-shelf viral immunotherapy platforms based on novel, genetically modified adenovirus and herpes simplex virus (HSV) constructs, respectively.
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