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Vicarious Surgical (Vicarious Surgical) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 370.37% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vicarious Surgical Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Vicarious Surgical's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-16.47 Mil. Vicarious Surgical's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-61.13 Mil. Vicarious Surgical's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 370.37%.

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

RBOT' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10000   Med: 0   Max: No Debt
Current: 227.27

During the past 4 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Vicarious Surgical was 10000.00%. The lowest was -10000.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

RBOT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 0.04 vs RBOT: 227.27

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) %. Vicarious Surgical's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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.


Vicarious Surgical Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Vicarious Surgical Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Vicarious Surgical Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -3.19 3.48 370.37

Vicarious Surgical Quarterly Data
Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -31.25 -47.17 -833.33 370.37 370.37

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

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Vicarious Surgical'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.


Vicarious Surgical's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Vicarious Surgical's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vicarious Surgical 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-71.046/-18.9873165
=374.18 %

Vicarious Surgical's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-61.13 Mil.



Vicarious Surgical  (NYSE:RBOT) 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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Vicarious Surgical (Vicarious Surgical) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
78 Fourth Avenue, Waltham, MA, USA, 02451
Vicarious Surgical Inc designs a surgical robot that enables surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgery with 3D visualization and accurate control. Its Vicarious Surgical Robotic System is designed with a focus on abdominal access and visualization through a single port.
Executives
William John Kelly officer: CFO and Treasurer C/O VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC., 78 4TH AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Adam David Sachs director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO C/O VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC., 78 4TH AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Sammy Khalifa director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC., 78 4TH AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
June Morris officer: CLO, General Counsel and Sec C/O VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC., 78 4TH AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
John Mazzola officer: Chief Operating Officer TRANSMEDICS INC, 200 MINUTEMAN ROAD, ANDOVER MA 01810
Khosla Ventures Opportunity Associates Ii, Llc 10 percent owner 2128 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Khosla Ventures V, L.p. 10 percent owner 2128 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Khosla Ventures Opportunity Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 2128 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
David D Ho director UNIT 1008, 10/F, CHAMPION TOWER, 3 GARDEN ROAD, CENTRAL K3 00000
Philip Liang director C/O VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC., 78 4TH AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Brendel Victoria Carr director C/O VICARIOUS SURGICAL, INC., 78 FOURTH AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Beverly A Huss director C/O ACCURAY INCORPORATED, 1310 CHESAPEAKE TERRACE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
E15 Fund Ii, Lp other: Sole Shareholder C/O VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC., 78 4TH AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Shrikant Patnaik other: Principal C/O VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC., 78 4TH AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Ric Fulop director C/O DESKTOP METAL, INC., 63 THIRD AVENUE, BURLINGTON MA 01803