PBLA (Panbela Therapeutics) Operating Income: $-29.04 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Panbela Therapeutics Operating Income?

Panbela Therapeutics PBLA Operating Income is $-29.04 Mil as of Sep. 2024.

Panbela Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-7.17 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $-29.04 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Panbela Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-7.17 Mil. Panbela Therapeutics's Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Therefore, Panbela Therapeutics's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was %.

Panbela Therapeutics's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.00% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Panbela Therapeutics's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was -446.35%. Panbela Therapeutics's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was %.

Panbela Therapeutics  (OTCPK:PBLA) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Panbela Therapeutics's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Jun. 2024 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2024 ))/ count )
=-28.66 * ( 1 - 0% )/( (9.642 + 3.2)/ 2 )
=-28.66/6.421
=-446.35 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Jun. 2024 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=9.414 - 15.788 - ( 0.059 - max(0, 16.788 - 0.772+0.059))
=9.642

Invested Capital(Q: Sep. 2024 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=5.168 - 16.942 - ( 0.142 - max(0, 20.142 - 5.168+0.142))
=3.2

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Panbela Therapeutics's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Sep. 2024 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Jun. 2024  Q: Sep. 2024
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=-26.92/( ( (0 + max(-15.395, 0)) + (0 + max(-12.248, 0)) )/ 2 )
=-26.92/( ( 0 + 0 )/ 2 )
=-26.92/0
= %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Jun. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(0 + 0 + 0.393) - (15.788 + 0 + 0)
=-15.395

Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(0 + 0 + 4.694) - (16.942 + 0 + 0)
=-12.248

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Panbela Therapeutics's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Revenue (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-7.165/0
= %

* 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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Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

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Panbela Therapeutics Operating Income Related Terms

Panbela Therapeutics Operating Income Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Panbela Therapeutics's Operating Income can be seen below:

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Panbela Therapeutics Operating Income Chart

Panbela Therapeutics Annual Data
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Operating Income
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Panbela Therapeutics Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-29.04 Mil.

* 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.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Operating Income →
What does a Operating Income of $-29.04 Mil mean?
Panbela Therapeutics (PBLA) has a Operating Income of $-29.04 Mil as of Sep. 2024. Operating Income equals sales less all operating expenses. It is linked to EBIT. View historical data on Panbela Therapeutics and its competitors.
Is Panbela Therapeutics' Operating Income too high?
Panbela Therapeutics' current Operating Income is $-29.04 Mil.
How does Panbela Therapeutics' Operating Income compare to VINC and OMGAQ?
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What is a good Operating Income for a Biotechnology company?
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What does a high Operating Income mean?
A high Operating Income can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Operating Income equals sales less all operating expenses. It is linked to EBIT. View historical data on Panbela Therapeutics and its competitors. Panbela Therapeutics's current Operating Income is $-29.04 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Panbela Therapeutics stock overvalued right now?
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How is Operating Income calculated?
Operating Income is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Panbela Therapeutics (PBLA), the current Operating Income is $-29.04 Mil as of Sep. 2024. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Panbela Therapeutics Business Description

Address 712 Vista Boulevard, Suite 305, Waconia, MN, USA, 55387
Panbela Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of patients with urgent unmet medical needs. The Company's pipeline assets are ivospemin (SBP-101), FlynpoviTM (eflornithine (CPP-1X) and sulindac), and eflornithine (CPP-1X), which provide a multi-targeted approach to reset dysregulated biology present in many types of diseases such as cancer and autoimmunity.