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LAVA Therapeutics NV (LAVA Therapeutics NV) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 86.96% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is LAVA Therapeutics NV Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

LAVA Therapeutics NV's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-47.72 Mil. LAVA Therapeutics NV's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-41.46 Mil. LAVA Therapeutics NV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 86.96%.

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

LVTX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -224164.67   Med: 60.41   Max: 2918.26
Current: 526.32

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of LAVA Therapeutics NV was 2918.26%. The lowest was -224164.67%. And the median was 60.41%.

LVTX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: -14.54 vs LVTX: 526.32

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) %. LAVA Therapeutics NV'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.


LAVA Therapeutics NV Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
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LAVA Therapeutics NV Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

LAVA Therapeutics NV Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -312.50 89.29 86.96

LAVA Therapeutics NV Quarterly Data
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 89.29 46.08 70.92 76.92 86.96

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, LAVA Therapeutics NV'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.


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

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

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



LAVA Therapeutics NV 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-41.463/-47.721222
=86.89 %

LAVA Therapeutics NV'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 $-41.46 Mil.



LAVA Therapeutics NV  (NAS:LVTX) 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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LAVA Therapeutics NV (LAVA Therapeutics NV) Business Description

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LAVA Therapeutics NV is a biotechnology company. It is focused on transforming cancer treatment by developing a platform of novel bispecific antibodies designed to selectively induce gamma-delta T cell-mediated immunity against tumor cells.

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