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Vistagen Therapeutics (Vistagen Therapeutics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -232.56% (As of Dec. 2023)


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

Vistagen Therapeutics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.60 Mil. Vistagen Therapeutics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-33.75 Mil. Vistagen Therapeutics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -232.56%.

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

VTGN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5266.57   Med: -91.75   Max: 24546.78
Current: -1250

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Vistagen Therapeutics was 24546.78%. The lowest was -5266.57%. And the median was -91.75%.

VTGN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
98.71% of 1395 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.58 vs VTGN: -1250.00

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) %. Vistagen 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.


Vistagen Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Vistagen Therapeutics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Vistagen Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -59.17 -84.75 -6.28 -25.00 -434.78

Vistagen 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 No Debt -434.78 -555.56 -128.21 -232.56

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Vistagen 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.


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

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

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



Vistagen 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-59.219/13.43200208
=-440.88 %

Vistagen 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 $-33.75 Mil.



Vistagen Therapeutics  (NAS:VTGN) 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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Vistagen Therapeutics (Vistagen Therapeutics) Business Description

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343 Allerton Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Vistagen Therapeutics Inc is a biotechnology firm. The company is in its clinical stage and engaged in developing and commercializing product candidates for patients with diseases and disorders involving the central nervous system. The company's pipeline includes six product candidates, including five clinical-stage investigational agents belonging to a new class of drugs known as pherines. The portfolio of the company includes PH94B, a novel neuroactive nasal spray; PH10, an odorless, fast-acting synthetic neurosteroid and AV-101, an oral antagonist of the glycine site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) which is the Company is developing for the treatment of MDD, suicidal ideation, neuropathic pain, levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) and epilepsy.
Executives
Joshua S. Prince officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 343 ALLERTON AVE., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Cynthia Lynn Anderson officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER C/O VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 343 ALLERTON AVE., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Commodore Capital Lp 10 percent owner 444 MADISON AVENUE, 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jerry B Gin director 343 ALLERTON AVE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Reid G. Adler officer: CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER C/O VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 343 ALLERTON AVE., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94090
Shawn Singh director, officer: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER C/O VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 343 ALLERTON AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Vhcp Management Ii, Llc 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Vhcp Management Eg, Llc 10 percent owner 3340 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners Eg, L.p. 10 percent owner 3340 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Vhcp Co-investment Holdings Iii, Llc 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Bong Y Koh 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Vhcp Co-investment Holdings Ii, Llc 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Nimish P Shah 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK CITY NY 10018
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners Iii, L.p. 10 percent owner 530 FIFTH AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036

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