ELOX (Eloxx Pharmaceuticals) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %: 129.87% (As of Dec. 2025)

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ELOX Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Inc ELOX
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What is Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Eloxx Pharmaceuticals ELOX -1.63% 17 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 129.87% as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates ELOX with a GF Score™ of 17/100. The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,340 Biotechnology companies, Eloxx Pharmaceuticals ranks better than 55% on this metric.

Eloxx Pharmaceuticals's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was $-3.78 Mil. Eloxx Pharmaceuticals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $-4.95 Mil. Eloxx Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was 129.87%.

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

ELOX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3170.45   Med: -67.33   Max: 5934.6
Current: -8.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals was 5934.60%. The lowest was -3170.45%. And the median was -67.33%.

ELOX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
55% of 1340 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -10.17 vs ELOX: -8.15

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) %. Eloxx Pharmaceuticals's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 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.


Eloxx Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:ELOX) 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.


Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms


Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Jun16 Jun17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -204.08 1,666.67 -238.10 -31.15 129.87

Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Semi-Annual Data
Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
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 -204.08 1,666.67 -238.10 -31.15 129.87

ELOX vs APLM, FLNA, INMB: Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Eloxx Pharmaceuticals'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.


Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % vs Biotechnology Industry

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

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


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Eloxx Pharmaceuticals 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.

Eloxx Pharmaceuticalss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-4.946/-3.7845215
=130.69 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.


What does a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of 129.87% mean?
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals (ELOX) has a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of 129.87% as of Dec. 2025. Joel Greenblatt's earnings yield equals the ratio of earnings before interest and taxes to enterprise value. View historical data on Eloxx Pharmaceuticals and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Eloxx Pharmaceuticals ranks #603 out of 1340 companies in the Biotechnology industry, placing it in the top 45%.
Is Eloxx Pharmaceuticals' Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % too high?
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals' current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 129.87%. Based on the distribution chart, Eloxx Pharmaceuticals ranks #603 out of 1340 companies in the Biotechnology industry, which is above the industry midpoint. Overall, Eloxx Pharmaceuticals has a GF Score™ of 17/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Eloxx Pharmaceuticals' Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % compare to APLM and FLNA?
According to the Biotechnology industry distribution chart, Eloxx Pharmaceuticals ranks #603 out of 1340 companies for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %. This puts Eloxx Pharmaceuticals 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 Eloxx Pharmaceuticals and its competitors. Eloxx Pharmaceuticals's current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 129.87%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Eloxx Pharmaceuticals stock overvalued right now?
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals (ELOX) has a current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of 129.87%. The current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 129.87%. Eloxx Pharmaceuticals' overall GF Score™ is 17/100 with 2 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 Eloxx Pharmaceuticals (ELOX), the current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is 129.87% as of Dec. 2025. 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.

Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Business Description

Address 10 Court Street, P.O. Box 274, Arlington, MA, USA, 02476
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel, small-molecule product candidates designed to modulate the ribosome and promote readthrough of premature stop codons induced by nonsense mutations (NMs) to enable the production of full-length proteins. The exaluren, the company's investigational drug product for the treatment of rare kidney diseases, and, through the collaboration with Almirall, S.A. (Almirall), ZKN-013 for the treatment of rare skin diseases.
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