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iCo Therapeutics (iCo Therapeutics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.36% (As of Mar. 2021)


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

iCo Therapeutics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $280.82 Mil. iCo Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2021 was $-1.07 Mil. iCo Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was -0.36%.

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

ICOTF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -38855.42   Med: -34.1   Max: 1469.92
Current: -8.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of iCo Therapeutics was 1469.92%. The lowest was -38855.42%. And the median was -34.10%.

ICOTF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: -15.455 vs ICOTF: -8.14

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) %. iCo Therapeutics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 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.


iCo Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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iCo Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

iCo Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.25 -2.54 -2.01 -0.79 -0.81

iCo Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
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 -2.08 -1.50 -1.14 -0.81 -0.36

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, iCo 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.


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

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

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



iCo 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.

iCo Therapeuticss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.164/150.62204
=-0.77 %

iCo Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.07 Mil.



iCo Therapeutics  (GREY:ICOTF) 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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iCo Therapeutics (iCo Therapeutics) Business Description

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iCo Therapeutics Inc is a Canada based biotechnology company. It is involved in the Research and development of ophthalmic indications. The company identifies, develops, and commercialize drug candidates with clinical history, and re-doses, reformulates and develops these drug candidates to treat sight and life-threatening diseases. Its in-licensed assets are iCo-008 and the Oral AmpB Delivery System. iCo-008 is a human monoclonal antibody targeting eotaxin-1 that acts as a messenger between the cells of the immune system. Geographically, it operates in Canada and Australia.

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