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Ensysce Biosciences (Ensysce Biosciences) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -434.78% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ensysce Biosciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Ensysce Biosciences's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.31 Mil. Ensysce Biosciences's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-9.95 Mil. Ensysce Biosciences's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -434.78%.

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

ENSC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10000   Med: 0   Max: No Debt
Current: -1111.11

During the past 4 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Ensysce Biosciences was 10000.00%. The lowest was -10000.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

ENSC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
98.72% of 1404 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.475 vs ENSC: -1111.11

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) %. Ensysce Biosciences's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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.


Ensysce Biosciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Ensysce Biosciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Ensysce Biosciences Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -23.09 -416.67 -370.37

Ensysce Biosciences Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -555.56 -1,666.67 -500.00 -370.37 -434.78

Competitive Comparison of Ensysce Biosciences's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Ensysce Biosciences'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.


Ensysce Biosciences's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Ensysce Biosciences 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-10.272/2.7378448
=-375.19 %

Ensysce Biosciences's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-9.95 Mil.



Ensysce Biosciences  (NAS:ENSC) 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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Ensysce Biosciences (Ensysce Biosciences) Business Description

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7946 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 201, La Jolla, CA, USA, 92037
Ensysce Biosciences Inc is a clinical-stage biotech company using its proprietary technology platforms to develop safer prescription drugs. The company is developing a new class of powerful, tamper-proof opioids that prevent both drug abuse and overdoses. Its products are anticipated to provide safer options to treat severe pain and assist in preventing deaths caused by opioid abuse, reducing human and economic costs. The company's current development pipeline includes two new drug platforms: an abuse-resistant opioid prodrug technology, the?Trypsin Activated Abuse Protection, or the TAAP platform, and an over-dose protection opioid prodrug technology, the Multi-Pill Abuse Resistant, or the MPAR platform.
Executives
Bob G Gower director 402 TIMBERWILDE LANE, HOUSTON TX 77024
Lynn Kirkpatrick director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 110 110TH AVENUE NE, SUITE 685, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Nilab Osman officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O ENSYSCE BIOSCIENCES, INC., 7946 IVANHOE AVENUE, SUITE 201, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Lee M. Rauch director C/O ENSYSCE BIOSCIENCES, INC., 7946 IVANHOE AVENUE, SUITE 201, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Linda Pestano officer: Chief Development Officer 7946 IVANHOE AVENUE, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Kevin Geoffrey Birkett officer: Chief Commercial Officer 7946 IVANHOE AVENUE, SUITE 201, LA JOLLA CA 92037
William K Schmidt officer: Chief Medical Officer TWO CORPORATE DRIVE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
David Carl Humphrey officer: Chief Financial Officer 4767 NEXUS CENTRE DR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
William H Chang director, 10 percent owner C/O SEMLER SCIENTIFIC, INC., 911 BERN COURT, SUITE 110, SAN JOSE CA 95112
Andrew Benton director 7946 IVANHOE AVENUE, SUITE 201, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Adam Levin director 7946 IVANHOE AVENUE, SUITE 201, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Jeffrey Millard officer: Chief Operating Officer 7946 IVANHOE AVENUE, SUITE 201, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Richard Chester Wright officer: Chief Business Officer 7946 IVANHOE AVENUE, SUITE 201, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Steven Robert Martin director 11011 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Curtis Rosebraugh director 7946 IVANHOE AVENUE, SUITE 201, LA JOLLA CA 92037