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VIA Pharmaceuticals (VIA Pharmaceuticals) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Dec. 2010)


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

VIA Pharmaceuticals's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was $14.74 Mil. VIA Pharmaceuticals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2010 was $-5.91 Mil. VIA Pharmaceuticals's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was 0.00%.

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

VIAP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: -16.37
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. VIA Pharmaceuticals's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 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.


VIA Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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VIA Pharmaceuticals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, VIA 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.


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

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

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



VIA 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.

VIA Pharmaceuticalss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-5.914/14.73934
=-40.12 %

VIA Pharmaceuticals's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2010 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-5.91 Mil.



VIA Pharmaceuticals  (GREY:VIAP) 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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VIA Pharmaceuticals (VIA Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

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Address
750 Battery Street, Suite 330, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94111
VIA Pharmaceuticals Inc is a development stage biotechnology company focuses on the development of small-molecule drugs to treat cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
Executives
Fred B Craves director 750 BATTERY ST, STE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Fund Iv, L.p. 10 percent owner 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Management Iv Llc 10 percent owner 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Fund Iv Co Invesment Fund Lp 10 percent owner 750 BATTERY ST STE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Llc 10 percent owner 750 BATTERY STREET STE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Douglas B Given director C/O NEORX CORP, 410 WEST HARRISON ST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Karen Steil Wright officer: V.P. ? Finance, Controller 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 330, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Lawrence Kenneth Cohen director, officer: CEO and President 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 330 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Richard L Anderson director 14031 216TH WAY NE, WOODINVILLE WA 98072
Mark Bagnall director 3876 BAY CENTER PLACE, HAYWARD CA 94545
Rebecca Taub officer: SVP, Research & Development 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 330, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Adeoye Y Olukotun officer: Chief Medical Officer 3621 SOUTH STATE ST, 695 KMS PL, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Deerfield Special Situations Fund International Ltd 10 percent owner, other: Possible Member of 10% Group BISON COURT, ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA D8 -
Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner, other: Possible Member of 10% Group 780 3RD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
James E Flynn 10 percent owner, other: Possible Member of 10% Group 780 THIRD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017

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