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RYTM (Rhythm Pharmaceuticals) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -4.63% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3,197.0 Mil. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $-147.9 Mil. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was -4.63%.

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

RYTM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1469.89   Med: -16.25   Max: 1158.84
Current: -4.03

During the past 10 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals was 1158.84%. The lowest was -1469.89%. And the median was -16.25%.

RYTM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
66.39% of 1312 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -13.255 vs RYTM: -4.03

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) %. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -11.70 -33.22 -13.35 -6.93 -7.22

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 -10.54 -10.33 -7.80 -7.22 -4.63

Competitive Comparison of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Rhythm 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.


Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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


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Rhythm 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.

Rhythm Pharmaceuticalss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-239.653/3318.84118
=-7.22 %

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-147.9 Mil.



Rhythm Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:RYTM) 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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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
222 Berkeley Street, 12th Floor, Boston, MA, USA, 02116
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company. It is engaged in the development and commercialization of therapies for patients with rare diseases. The company is focused on its melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonists, including its lead asset, IMCIVREE (setmelanotide), as a precision medicine designed to treat hyperphagia and severe obesity caused by rare MC4R pathway diseases. Geographically the company generates its revenue from the United States and internationally with the majority being generated from the United States.
Executives
Pamela J. Cramer officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, 222 BERKELEY STREET, SUITE 1200, BOSTON MA 02116
Yann Mazabraud officer: EVP, Head of International C/O TREVI THERAPEUTICS, INC., 195 CHURCH STREET, FLOOR 14, NEW HAVEN CT 06510
Christopher Paul German officer: Corporate Controller & CAO C/O RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, 222 BERKELEY STREET, SUITE 1200, BOSTON MA 02116
Joseph Shulman officer: Chief Technical Officer C/O RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, 222 BERKELEY STREET, SUITE 1200, BOSTON MA 02116
Hunter C Smith officer: CFO and Treasurer C/O GENESEE & WYOMING INC., 20 WEST AVENUE, DARIEN CT 06820
Jennifer Chien officer: EVP, Head of North America C/O KRYSTAL BIOTECH, INC., 2100 WHARTON STREET, SUITE 701, PITTSBURGH PA 15203
David P Meeker director C/O PENWEST PHARMACEUTICALS CO, 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD SUITE 11, DANBURY CT 06810
Jennifer L Good director 15 GREAT RING ROAD, SANDY HOOK CT 06482
Lynn A. Tetrault director 12701 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, SUITE 9, FORT MYERS FL 33913
William T. Roberts officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, 222 BERKELEY STREET, SUITE 1200, BOSTON MA 02116
Linda Shapiro Manning officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, 222 BERKELEY STREET, SUITE 1200, BOSTON MA 02116
Todd Foley director, 10 percent owner THE JOHN HANCOCK TOWER, 200 CLARENDON STREET 54TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Camille L Bedrosian director C/O ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 60 LEVERONI COURT, NOVATO CA 94949
Ra Capital Healthcare Fund Lp 10 percent owner 200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Nithya Desikan officer: Chief Commercial Officer 82 BAY STATE ROAD, BELMONT MA 02478