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Praxis Precision Medicines (Praxis Precision Medicines) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -107.53% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Praxis Precision Medicines's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $117.08 Mil. Praxis Precision Medicines's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-126.37 Mil. Praxis Precision Medicines's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -107.53%.

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

PRAX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -405.33   Med: -27.98   Max: 7772
Current: -18.08

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Praxis Precision Medicines was 7772.00%. The lowest was -405.33%. And the median was -27.98%.

PRAX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
50.93% of 1400 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.465 vs PRAX: -18.08

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) %. Praxis Precision Medicines'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.


Praxis Precision Medicines Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Praxis Precision Medicines'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.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Praxis Precision Medicines Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only - -3.42 -26.95 -1,000.00 -107.53

Praxis Precision Medicines Quarterly Data
Dec18 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1,000.00 526.32 -588.24 -114.94 -107.53

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Praxis Precision Medicines'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.


Praxis Precision Medicines Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Praxis Precision Medicines's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Praxis Precision Medicines 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-126.373/117.0780864
=-107.94 %

Praxis Precision Medicines'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 $-126.37 Mil.



Praxis Precision Medicines  (NAS:PRAX) 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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Praxis Precision Medicines (Praxis Precision Medicines) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
99 High Street, 30th Floor, Boston, MA, USA, 02110
Praxis Precision Medicines Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm is engaged in translating genetic insights into the development of therapies for patients affected by central nervous system disorders characterized by a neuronal excitation-inhibition imbalance. The firm's pipeline covers PRAX-114, for the treatment of a broad range of patients suffering from major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder; PRAX-944, for the treatment of Essential Tremor and Parkinson's Disease; PRAX-562, and PRAX-222, among others.
Executives
Jill Desimone director C/O PRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES, INC., 99 HIGH STREET, 30TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Marcio Souza officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 CORPORATE COURT, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080
Dean J Mitchell director C/O BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO, 345 PARK AVE, NEW YORK NY 10164
Timothy Edwin Kelly officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES, INC., ONE BROADWAY, 16TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Lauren Mastrocola officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O PRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES, INC., ONE BROADWAY, 16TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Alex Nemiroff officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O PRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES, INC., ONE BROADWAY, 16TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Bsof Parallel Master Fund L.p. 10 percent owner 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Merit Ester Cudkowicz director C/O PRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES, INC., ONE BROADWAY, 16TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Jeffrey Chodakewitz director C/O TETRAPHASE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 480 ARSENAL ST., SUITE 101, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Stefan Vitorovic director C/O PRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES, INC., ONE BROADWAY, 16TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Blackstone Holdings I/ii Gp L.l.c. 10 percent owner C/O BLACKSTONE INC., 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
William D Young director 901 GATEWAY BLVD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Stephen A Schwarzman 10 percent owner C/O BLACKSTONE INC., 345 PARK AVE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Blackstone Inc. 10 percent owner 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Blackstone Group Management L.l.c. 10 percent owner C/O BLACKSTONE INC., 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154