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Cogent Biosciences (Cogent Biosciences) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -64.94% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cogent Biosciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Cogent Biosciences's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $319.59 Mil. Cogent Biosciences's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-208.13 Mil. Cogent Biosciences's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -64.94%.

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

COGT' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11191.24   Med: -22.3   Max: 7289.63
Current: -47.39

During the past 9 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Cogent Biosciences was 7289.63%. The lowest was -11191.24%. And the median was -22.30%.

COGT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
70.73% of 1394 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.455 vs COGT: -47.39

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) %. Cogent Biosciences's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


Cogent Biosciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Cogent Biosciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Cogent Biosciences Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 344.83 -14.88 -30.86 -23.31 -64.94

Cogent Biosciences Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -23.31 -25.45 -22.42 -23.31 -64.94

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Cogent Biosciences'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.


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

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

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



Cogent Biosciences 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.

Cogent Biosciencess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-208.13/319.588884
=-65.12 %

Cogent Biosciences's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-208.13 Mil.



Cogent Biosciences  (NAS:COGT) 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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Cogent Biosciences (Cogent Biosciences) Business Description

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Cogent Biosciences Inc a biotechnology company focused on developing precision therapies for genetically defined diseases. It designs rational precision therapies that treat the underlying cause of disease and improve the lives of patients. Its program CGT9486, is a selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor designed to potently inhibit the KIT D816V mutation as well as other mutations in KIT exon 17. In the vast majority of cases, KIT D816V is responsible for driving Systemic Mastocytosis (SM), a serious disease caused by the unchecked proliferation of mast cells. Exon 17 mutations are also found in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), a type of cancer with strong dependence on oncogenic KIT signaling.
Executives
Fairmount Funds Management Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks 200 BARR HARBOR DRIVE, SUITE 400, WEST CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428
Evan Kearns officer: Chief Legal Officer AGENUS INC., 3 FORBES ROAK, LEXINGTON MA 02421
John L. Green officer: Chief Financial Officer MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., ONE KENDALL SQUARE, SUITE B7201, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
John Edward Robinson officer: Chief Scientific Officer C/O COGENT BIOSCIENCES, INC., 200 CAMBRIDGE PARK DRIVE, SUITE 2500, CAMBRIDGE MA 02140
Christopher W. Cain director 2001 MARKET STREET, SUITE 2500, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Peter Evan Harwin director 2001 MARKET STREET, SUITE 2500, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Arlene Morris director C/O AFFYMAX, INC., 4001 MIRANDA AVE., PALO ALTO CA 94304
Todd Shegog director 200 SIDNEY STREET, SUITE 320, C/O SYNLOGIC, INC., CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Jessica Sachs officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC., 200 CAMBRIDGE PARK DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02140
Matthew Ros director C/O EPIZYME, INC., 400 TECHNOLOGY SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Karen Jean Ferrante director 150 ADIRONDACK DRIVE, EAST GREENWICH RI 02818
Andrew R Robbins director, officer: President and CEO C/O 3200 WALNUT ST, BOULDER CO 80301
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners Iii, L.p. 10 percent owner 530 FIFTH AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Vhcp Management Iii, Llc 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Vhcp Management Ii, Llc 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018