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Cytokinetics (Cytokinetics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -5.43% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cytokinetics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Cytokinetics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,626.70 Mil. Cytokinetics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-468.58 Mil. Cytokinetics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -5.43%.

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

CYTK' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -75.03   Med: -11.59   Max: 6.03
Current: -6.57

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Cytokinetics was 6.03%. The lowest was -75.03%. And the median was -11.59%.

CYTK's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
64.06% of 1394 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.455 vs CYTK: -6.57

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) %. Cytokinetics'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.


Cytokinetics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Cytokinetics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Cytokinetics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -17.51 -7.70 -5.08 -7.83 -5.43

Cytokinetics 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 -7.83 -10.89 -14.51 -15.43 -5.43

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Cytokinetics'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.


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

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

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Cytokinetics 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-468.576/8626.70362
=-5.43 %

Cytokinetics'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 $-468.58 Mil.



Cytokinetics  (NAS:CYTK) 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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Cytokinetics (Cytokinetics) Business Description

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Address
350 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Cytokinetics Inc is a biotechnology company that develops muscle biology-driven treatments for diseases characterized by reduced muscle function, muscle weakness, and fatigue. The company develops treatments for diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, heart failure, spinal muscular atrophy, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The treatment is based on small molecules specifically engineered to increase muscle function and contractility. The company is developing muscle-directed investigational medicines that may potentially improve the health span of people with devastating cardiovascular and neuromuscular diseases of impaired muscle function.
Executives
Robert I Blum officer: EVP, Corp. Development & CBO 280 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
John T Henderson director 320 WAKARA WAY, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84108
Fady Ibraham Malik officer: SVP Research & Early Dev 280 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Wendall Wierenga director 12790 EL CAMINO REAL, C/O NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Muna Bhanji director C/O CYTOKINETICS, INCORPORATED, 280 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Robert Wong officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer 280 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Ching Jaw officer: SVP Finance & CFO 280 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
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
Santo J Costa director
Kaye Edward M. Md director 3450 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, BOTHELL WA 98011
Robert Arthur Harrington director C/O CYTOKINETICS, INCORPORATED, 350 OYSTER POINT BLVD., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Mark A Schlossberg officer: SVP - Legal & General Counsel C/O IMPAX LABORATORIES, INC., 30831 HUNTWOOD AVENUE, HAYWARD CA 94544
David Cragg officer: V.P., Human Resources 280 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
L Patrick Gage director C/O NEOSE TECHNOLOGIES, 102 WITMER RD, HORSHAM PA 19044