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Advaxis (Advaxis) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 263.16% (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is Advaxis Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Advaxis's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $-9.21 Mil. Advaxis's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 was $-23.96 Mil. Advaxis's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was 263.16%.

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

ADXS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 227.27
Current: 227.27

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Advaxis was 227.27%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

ADXS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: -15.58 vs ADXS: 227.27

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) %. Advaxis's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 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.


Advaxis Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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* 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.

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Advaxis Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Advaxis Annual Data
Trend Oct13 Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,428.57 108.70 -370.37 -64.94 74.63

Advaxis Quarterly Data
Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Mar23
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 113.64 77.52 74.07 74.63 263.16

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Advaxis'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.


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

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

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



Advaxis 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.

Advaxiss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-16.257/-21.818333
=74.51 %

Advaxis's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-23.96 Mil.



Advaxis  (OTCPK:ADXS) 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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Advaxis (Advaxis) Business Description

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9 Deer Park Drive, Suite K-1, Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA, 8540
Advaxis Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company operating in the United States. It focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of proprietary Lm (Listeria monocytogenes)-LLO (Listeriolysin O) cancer immunotherapies. These immunotherapies are based on a platform technology that utilizes live attenuated Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) bioengineered to secrete antigen/adjuvant fusion proteins. The company's immunotherapy products based on Lm-LLO immunotherapy are Axalimogene filolisbac (AXAL) which targets Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) - associated cancers and ADXS-PSA which targets Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) associated with prostate cancer.
Executives
Roy Golan officer: Chief Financial Officer 24 GOLDA MEIR ST., HOLON L3 5840425
Yuval Cabilly director C/O BIOSIGHT THERAPEUTICS, 4 HASADOT STREET, RAMAT HASHARON L3 4704348
Pini Orbach director C/O BIOSIGHT THERAPEUTICS, 3 HAYARDEN STREET, AIRPORT CITY L3 7019802
Bridget A Martell director C/O POINT BIOPHARMA GLOBAL INC., 4850 WEST 78TH STREET, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46268
Israel Biotech Fund Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 4 OPPENHEIMER ST., REHOVOT L3 7670104
Israel Biotech Fund Gp Partners Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 4 OPPENHEIMER ST., REHOVOT L3 7670104
Murray A Goldberg director 2030 MAIN STREET, SUITE 1500, IRVINE CA 92614
Robert J. Spiegel director C/O GERON CORPORATION, 230 CONSTITUTION DRIVE, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Vered Bisker-leib director C/O COMPASS, 245 FIRST STREET, 3RD FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Israel Biotech Fund I, L.p. 10 percent owner 4 OPPENHEIMER ST., REHOVOT L3 7670104
Amoon Growth Fund Limited Partnership 10 percent owner 34 YERUSHALAYIM RD., RAANANA L3 4350110
Israel Biotech Fund Gp Partners, L.p. 10 percent owner 4 OPPENHEIMER ST., REHOVOT L3 7670104
Yair Chaim Schindel 10 percent owner YERUSHALAYIM ROAD 34, BEIT GAMLA ENTRANCE B, RA'ANANA L3 4350110
I.b.f. Management Ltd. 10 percent owner 4 OPPENHEIMER ST., REHOVOT L3 7670104
Igor Gitelman officer: Chief Accounting Officer 201 ROUTE 17 N., 2ND FLOOR, RUTHERFORD NJ 07070

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