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Nkarta (Nkarta) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -80.00% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nkarta Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Nkarta's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $164.75 Mil. Nkarta's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-131.65 Mil. Nkarta's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -80.00%.

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

NKTX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3572.9   Med: -18.57   Max: 2174.11
Current: -46.95

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Nkarta was 2174.11%. The lowest was -3572.90%. And the median was -18.57%.

NKTX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
73.08% of 1408 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -14.54 vs NKTX: -46.95

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) %. Nkarta'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.


Nkarta Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Nkarta Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Nkarta Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -3.03 -30.77 -500.00 -80.00

Nkarta 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 -500.00 217.39 163.93 114.94 -80.00

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Nkarta'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.


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

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

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



Nkarta 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-131.65/164.74658
=-79.91 %

Nkarta'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 $-131.65 Mil.



Nkarta  (NAS:NKTX) 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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Nkarta (Nkarta) Business Description

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Address
6000 Shoreline Court, Suite 102, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Nkarta Inc is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing engineered natural killer (NK) cells to treat cancer. The Company is engaged in leveraging the natural potent power of NK cells to identify and kill abnormal cells and recruit adaptive immune effectors to generate responses that are specific and durable. The company is combining its NK expansion platform technology with proprietary cell engineering technologies to generate an abundant supply of NK cells, engineer enhanced NK cell recognition of tumor targets, and improve persistence for sustained activity in the body for the treatment of cancer. The Company's operations are based in South San Francisco, California.
Executives
Paul J Hastings director, officer: See Remarks 61 HARTFORD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114
David Shook officer: Chief Medical Officer 6000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 102, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Alicia J. Hager officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O ONCOMED PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 800 CHESAPEAKE DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Ralph Brandenberger officer: Sr. VP, Technical Operations 6000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 102, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
James Trager officer: Chief Scientific Officer 6000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 102, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Alyssa Levin officer: See Remarks 6000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 102, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Nadir Mahmood officer: Chief Business Officer 6000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 102, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Simeon George director 161 WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 500, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428
Ra Capital Healthcare Fund Lp 10 percent owner 200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Angela Thedinga director C/O ADVERUM BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC., 1035 O'BRIEN DRIVE, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Ra Capital Nexus Fund, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Kanya Rajangam officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O SENTI BIOSCIENCES, INC., 2 CORPORATE DRIVE, FIRST FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Ra Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 200 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Plc Glaxosmithkline director, 10 percent owner 980 GREAT WEST ROAD, BRENTFORD MIDDLESEX X0 TW8 9GS
Novo Holdings A/s 10 percent owner TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19, HELLERUP G7 2900