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La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co (La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 39.84% (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $35.07 Mil. La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $13.97 Mil. La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 39.84%.

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

LJPC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16947.44   Med: -24.5   Max: 26589.78
Current: 12.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co was 26589.78%. The lowest was -16947.44%. And the median was -24.50%.

LJPC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: -15.44 vs LJPC: 12.63

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) %. La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 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.


La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -18.25 -238.10 -204.08 -31.95 35.71

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co Quarterly Data
Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22
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 17.09 33.22 35.71 22.42 39.84

Competitive Comparison of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Biotechnology subindustry, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co'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.


La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co 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.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=30.167/84.424275
=35.73 %

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $13.97 Mil.



La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co  (NAS:LJPC) 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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La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co (La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
201 Jones Road, Suite 400, Waltham, MA, USA, 02451
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co is a biopharmaceutical company. The company's main activity is the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies that improve patients' life-threatening conditions. The company's portfolio consists of an angiotensin II formulation, which regulates blood pressure; a formulation of hepcidin, an endogenous peptide hormone that regulates iron metabolism; and an antibiotic approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Executives
Larry G. Edwards director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O TETRAPHASE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 480 ARSENAL STREET, SUITE 110, WATERTOWN MA 02472
David A Ramsay director HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC., 11588 SORRENTO VALLEY ROAD, #17, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Craig A Johnson director C/O PURE BIOSCIENCE, 1725 GILLESPIE WAY, EL CAJON CA 92020
Michael S Hearne officer: Chief Financial Officer 4747 EXECUTIVE DRIVE SUITE 210 SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Robert Rosen director C/O HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC, 4242 CAMPUS POINT COURT, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Kevin C Tang director, 10 percent owner 4747 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 210, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Laura L. Johnson director C/O LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE, SUITE 1070, SAN DIEGO CA 92122
Darryl Wellinghoff officer: Chief Commercial Officer 4550 TOWNE CENTRE COURT SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Lakhmir S Chawla officer: Chief Medical Officer 1960 KIRBY ROAD, MCLEAN VA 22101
Jennifer Carver officer: Sr. Vice President, Operations 725 NEWPORT STREET, DENVER CO 80220
James Rolke officer: Chief Scientific Officer 10182 TELESIS COURT, 6TH FLOOR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund Ltd 10 percent owner C/O PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC, 51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10003
Joseph Edelman 10 percent owner C/O PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC, 51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10003
Perceptive Advisors Llc 10 percent owner 51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10003
George F Tidmarsh director, officer: President, CEO & Secretary

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