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Viridian Therapeutics (Viridian Therapeutics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -25.45% (As of Dec. 2023)


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

Viridian Therapeutics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $926.01 Mil. Viridian Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-235.89 Mil. Viridian Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -25.45%.

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

VRDN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -282600   Med: -30.12   Max: 230426.04
Current: -41.49

During the past 12 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Viridian Therapeutics was 230426.04%. The lowest was -282600.00%. And the median was -30.12%.

VRDN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
67.72% of 1394 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.455 vs VRDN: -41.49

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) %. Viridian Therapeutics'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.


Viridian Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Viridian Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Viridian Therapeutics 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 2,500.00 -89.29 -19.34 -13.93 -25.45

Viridian Therapeutics 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 -13.93 -19.92 -23.42 -42.02 -25.45

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Viridian 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.


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

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

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



Viridian 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-235.887/926.011258
=-25.47 %

Viridian Therapeutics'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 $-235.89 Mil.



Viridian Therapeutics  (NAS:VRDN) 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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Viridian Therapeutics (Viridian Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
221 Crescent Street, Suite 401, Waltham, MA, USA, 02453
Viridian Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that engages in developing multiple product candidates to treat patients who suffer from thyroid eye disease. Its product candidate VRDN-001 is an insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) monoclonal antibody (mAb) being developed for the potential treatment for patients with thyroid eye disease.
Executives
Stephen F. Mahoney director, officer: President and CEO C/O KINIKSA PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Thomas W. Beetham officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O KINIKSA PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Sarah Gheuens director C/O AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 88 SIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Seth Harmon officer: See Remarks C/O VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 221 CRESCENT STREET, SUITE 401, WALTHAM MA 02453
Lara Meisner officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 203 CRESCENT STREET, BLDG. 17, SUITE 102, WALTHAM MA 02453
Scott Dunseth Myers director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O CASCADIAN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 3101 WESTERN AVE., SUITE 600, SEATTLE WA 98121
Jonathan Violin officer: President and COO 955 CHESTERBROOK BOULEVARD, SUITE 200, CHESTERBROOK PA 19087
Barrett Katz officer: Chief Medical Officer 6200 LOOKOUT ROAD, C/O MIRAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., BOULDER CO 80301
Fairmount Healthcare Fund Gp Llc director, other: See Remarks 2001 MARKET STREET, SUITE 2500, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Carrie Melvin officer: COO C/O VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 203 CRESCENT STREET, BLDG 17, SUITE 102B, WALTHAM MA 02453
Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner TWO UNION SQUARE, 601 UNION ST., SUITE 3200, SEATTLE WA 98101
L.p. Fhmlsp, 10 percent owner C/O FRAZIER HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, 601 UNION STREET, SUITE 3200, SEATTLE WA 98101
Fhmlsp, L.l.c. 10 percent owner C/O FRAZIER HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, 601 UNION STREET, SUITE 3200, SEATTLE WA 98101
Kristian Humer officer: CFO and CBO C/O VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6200 LOOKOUT ROAD, BOULDER CO 80301
Jennifer K. Moses director 79 TW ALEXANDER DRIVE, 4501 RESEARCH COMMONS, SUITE 100, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK NC 27709

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