TNGNQ (Tengion) Shareholder Yield % : 0.00% (As of Sep. 2014)

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What is Tengion Shareholder Yield %?

Tengion TNGNQ -99.00% Shareholder Yield % is 0.00% as of Sep. 2014.

Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. It is a measure of shareholder return. As of today, Tengion's Shareholder Yield % was 0.00%.


Tengion  (OTCPK:TNGNQ) Shareholder Yield % Explanation

Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. The term was coined by William W. Priest of Epoch Investment Partners in a paper in 2005 entitled The Case for Shareholder Yield as a Dominant Driver of Future Equity Returns. William Priest indicated that "shareholder yield is a term that we came up with to reflect the various ways dividends can be paid to owners of a business in a publicly-traded company."

Shareholder Yield % is calculated by three components: Dividend Yield %, Buyback Yield %, and Net Debt Paydown Yield %.

Dividend Yield % shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its stock price, which is most obvious form of shareholder return.

Buyback Yield % is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. Shares repurchases also increase shareholder value by returning the money back to shareholders.

Net Debt Paydown Yield % is the change in average of four quarters of company's total debt over a company's market cap. Assuming the total value of a company remains that same, shareholder value is increased as debt is reduced.


Tengion Shareholder Yield % Related Terms


Tengion Shareholder Yield % Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Tengion's Shareholder Yield % 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.

Tengion Shareholder Yield % Chart

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TNGNQ vs VITIF, HSTC, NTRR: Shareholder Yield % Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Tengion's Shareholder Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Shareholder Yield % 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.


Tengion Shareholder Yield % vs Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Tengion's Shareholder Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Tengion's Shareholder Yield % falls into.



Tengion Shareholder Yield % Calculation

Tengion's Shareholder Yield % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as:

Shareholder Yield %=Dividend Yield %+Buyback Yield %+Net Debt Paydown Yield %
=0.00 %+0.00 %+-718.71 %
=-718.71 %

* 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.

* All the data are calculated by TTM values. Note that if a companies is traded in several exchanges, then we calculate the company level data for Shareholder Yield % using the primary share class stock data. The calculation result in definition page is for demonstration purpose only, and it's showing the share class level data. Therefore, the numbers in the calculation may differ from elsewhere if the stock is not a primary share.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Shareholder Yield % →
What does a Shareholder Yield % of 0.00% mean?
Tengion (TNGNQ) has a Shareholder Yield % of 0.00% as of Sep. 2014. Shareholder Yield is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. View historical data on Tengion and its competitors.
Is Tengion's Shareholder Yield % too high?
Tengion's current Shareholder Yield % is 0.00%.
How does Tengion's Shareholder Yield % compare to VITIF and HSTC?
Tengion's Shareholder Yield % of 0.00% can be compared against companies in the Biotechnology industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Shareholder Yield % for a Biotechnology company?
A good Shareholder Yield % depends on the Biotechnology industry context. However, Shareholder Yield % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Shareholder Yield % mean?
A high Shareholder Yield % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Shareholder Yield is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. View historical data on Tengion and its competitors. Tengion's current Shareholder Yield % is 0.00%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Tengion stock overvalued right now?
Tengion (TNGNQ) has a current Shareholder Yield % of 0.00%. The current Shareholder Yield % is 0.00%. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Shareholder Yield % calculated?
Shareholder Yield % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Tengion (TNGNQ), the current Shareholder Yield % is 0.00% as of Sep. 2014. 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.

Tengion Business Description

Address 3929 Westpoint Boulevard, Suite G, Winston-Salem, NC, USA, 27103
Tengion Inc is a regenerative medicine company. The company is engaged in discovering, manufacturing and commercializing neo-organs, or products composed of living cells, with or without synthetic or natural materials, implanted or injected into the body to engraft into, regenerate, or replace damaged tissue or organ. Its product candidates seek to eliminate the need to utilize other tissues of the body for a purpose to which they are poorly suited, procure donor organs or administer anti-rejection medications. The company's solution Neo-Kidney Augment is based on its proprietary technology, which uses tubular epithelial cells, procured by a cortical biopsy of the patient's kidney, to create an injectable product candidate that can catalyze the regeneration of functional kidney tissue.