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Instil BioTIL -1.25%31 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -63.29% as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates TIL with a GF Score™ of 31/100. The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,324 Biotechnology companies, Instil Bio ranks worse than 86.1% on this metric.
Instil Bio's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $66.50 Mil.
Instil Bio's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $-42.08 Mil. Instil Bio's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was -63.29%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Instil Bio's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
TIL'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -961.49 Med: 16.83 Max: 370.81
Current: -70.92
During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Instil Bio was 370.81%. The lowest was -961.49%. And the median was 16.83%.
TIL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than 86.1% of 1324
companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -10.17
vs TIL: -70.92
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) %. Instil Bio'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.
Instil Bio (NAS:TIL) 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.
Instil Bio Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
Instil Bio Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Instil Bio'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.
Instil Bio Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
TIL vs AURX, MCRB, DWTX: Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Comparison
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Instil Bio'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.
Instil Bio Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % vs Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Instil Bio's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Instil Bio's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Instil Bio 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.
Instil Bios Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as
Instil Bio'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 $-42.08 Mil.
What does a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -63.29% mean?
Instil Bio (TIL) has a Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -63.29% 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 Instil Bio and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Instil Bio ranks #1140 out of 1324 companies in the Biotechnology industry, placing it in the top 86.1%.
Is Instil Bio's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % too high?
Instil Bio's current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -63.29%. Based on the distribution chart, Instil Bio ranks #1140 out of 1324 companies in the Biotechnology industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Instil Bio has a GF Score™ of 31/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Instil Bio's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % compare to AURX and MCRB?
According to the Biotechnology industry distribution chart, Instil Bio ranks #1140 out of 1324 companies for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %. This places Instil Bio in the lower 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 Instil Bio and its competitors. Instil Bio's current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -63.29%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Instil Bio stock overvalued right now?
Instil Bio (TIL) has a current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % of -63.29%. The current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -63.29%. Instil Bio's overall GF Score™ is 31/100 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 Instil Bio (TIL), the current Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is -63.29% 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.
Instil Bio Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a cell therapy pipeline of autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL, therapies for the treatment of patients with cancer. It is also engaged in developing a novel class of genetically engineered TIL therapies using its Co-Stimulatory Antigen Receptor, or CoStAR, platform. Its pipeline includes ITIL-306 which expresses a CoStAR molecule designed to recognize, a tumor-associated antigen that is expressed on numerous solid tumors, including ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, NSCLC, and renal cancer.
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