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Achieve Life Sciences (Achieve Life Sciences) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -30.49% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Achieve Life Sciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Achieve Life Sciences's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $88.44 Mil. Achieve Life Sciences's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-26.96 Mil. Achieve Life Sciences's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -30.49%.

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

ACHV' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -175464.21   Med: -130.11   Max: 10864.01
Current: -17.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Achieve Life Sciences was 10864.01%. The lowest was -175464.21%. And the median was -130.11%.

ACHV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
52.22% of 1394 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -15.44 vs ACHV: -17.06

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) %. Achieve Life Sciences'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.


Achieve Life Sciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Achieve Life Sciences Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Achieve Life Sciences Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,500.00 -106.38 -72.99 -114.94 -30.49

Achieve Life Sciences 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 -114.94 -34.25 -39.06 -37.74 -30.49

Competitive Comparison of Achieve Life Sciences's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Achieve Life Sciences'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.


Achieve Life Sciences's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Achieve Life Sciences 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-26.962/88.438096
=-30.49 %

Achieve Life Sciences'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 $-26.96 Mil.



Achieve Life Sciences  (NAS:ACHV) 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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Achieve Life Sciences (Achieve Life Sciences) Business Description

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22722 29th Dr. SE, Suite 1000, Bothell, WA, USA, 98021
Achieve Life Sciences Inc is a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to advancing cytisinicline as a widely available treatment option to help people battling nicotine addiction. It is an established smoking cessation treatment that has been approved and marketed in Central and Eastern Europe. Achieve's focus is to address the global smoking health epidemic through the development and commercialization of cytisinicline. It has one operating segment, dedicated to the development and commercialization of cytisinicline for nicotine addiction.
Executives
John Bencich officer: CFO and PFO 2401 FOURTH AVENUE, SUITE 1050, SEATTLE WA 98121
Stuart Duty director 22722 29TH DR SE, SUITE 100, BOTHELL WA 98021
Thomas Sellig director 22722 29TH DR SE, SUITE 100, BOTHELL WA 98021
Thomas Braxton King director 91 JAMES AVENUE, ATHERTON CA 94027
Dialectic Life Sciences Spv Llc 10 percent owner C/O DIALECTIC LS MANAGER LLC, 119 ROWAYTON AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, NORWALK CT 06853
Dialectic Ls Manager Llc 10 percent owner 119 ROWAYTON AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, NORWALK CT 06853
John Fichthorn 10 percent owner C/O DIALECTIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 17 STATE STREET, SUITE 3930, NEW YORK NY 10004
Dialectic Capital Management, Lp 10 percent owner 119 ROWAYTON AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, NORWALK CT 06853
Dialectic Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 2ND FLOOR 119 ROWAYTON AVE, NORWALK CT 06853
Vaughn B Himes director C/O SEATTLE GENETICS, INC., 21823 30TH DRIVE SE, BOTHELL WA 98021
Financial Group Svb 10 percent owner 2270 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Svb Innovation Credit Partners Viii, Llc 10 percent owner 2770 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO CITY CA 94025
Svb Innovation Credit Fund Viii, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O SVB INNOVATION CREDIT PARTNERS VIII, 2770 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Innovation Credit Fund Viii-a, L.p. 10 percent owner 2770 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Svb Innovation Credit Partners Viii-a, Llc 10 percent owner 2770 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO CITY CA 94025

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