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Akcea Therapeutics (Akcea Therapeutics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -3.94% (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Akcea Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Akcea Therapeutics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $1,014.3 Mil. Akcea Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 was $-40.9 Mil. Akcea Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was -3.94%.

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

AKCA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -22.65   Med: -7.15   Max: 3.31
Current: -2.99

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Akcea Therapeutics was 3.31%. The lowest was -22.65%. And the median was -7.15%.

AKCA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: -15.44 vs AKCA: -2.99

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) %. Akcea Therapeutics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 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.


Akcea Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Akcea Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Akcea Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - -13.02 -9.75 3.26

Akcea Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Dec14 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
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 -7.72 -8.57 3.26 -2.63 -3.94

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Akcea Therapeutics'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.


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

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

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



Akcea Therapeutics 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.

Akcea Therapeuticss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=42.964/1261.39742
=3.41 %

Akcea Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-40.9 Mil.



Akcea Therapeutics  (NAS:AKCA) 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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Akcea Therapeutics (Akcea Therapeutics) Business Description

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22 Boston Wharf Road, 9th Floor, Boston, MA, USA, 02110
Akcea Therapeutics Inc is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing drugs to treat patients with serious cardiometabolic diseases caused by lipid disorders. It is advancing a mature pipeline of novel drugs with the potential to treat multiple diseases. The company's drugs, volanesorsen, AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx, AKCEA-ANGPTL3-LRx and AKCEA-APOCIII-LRx, are all based on antisense technology developed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Its most advanced drug, volanesorsen, has completed a Phase 3 clinical program for the treatment of familial chylomicronemia syndrome, or FCS, and is currently in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of familial partial lipodystrophy, or FPL.
Executives
Michael J. Yang director C/O ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 12830 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 400, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Joseph Iii Klein director C/O GENAISSANCE PHARMACEUTICALS INC, FIVE SCIENCE PARK, NEW HAVEN CT 06511
Sandford D Smith director C/O ARIAD PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 26 LANDSDOWNE STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
B Lynne Parshall director 2855 GAZELLE COURT, CARLSBAD CA 92010
Joshua F. Patterson officer: General Counsel C/O AKCEA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 22 BOSTON WHARF ROAD, 9TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02210
Damien Mcdevitt director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 2855 GAZELLE COURT, CARLSBAD CA 92010
Alex G. Howarth officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O AKCEA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 22 BOSTON WHARF ROAD, 9TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02210
Kyle Jenne officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O AKCEA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 22 BOSTON WHARF ROAD, 9TH FLOOR BOSTON MA 02210
William T. Andrews officer: Chief Medical Officer ONE MAIN STREET, SUITE 800, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Barbara Yanni director 1018 W. 8TH AVENUE, SUITE A, KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Michael Dennis Price officer: Chief Financial Officer
Elaine Hochberg director C/O AKCEA THERAPAEUTICS 55 CAMBRIDGE PKWY, STE 100 CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc 10 percent owner 2855 GAZELLE COURT, CARLSBAD CA 92010
Michael F Maclean officer: Chief Financial Officer 14 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Paula Soteropoulos director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 49 WINONA STREET, PEABODY MA 01960

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