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Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX)

NASDAQ / Healthcare / Biotechnology

Share price

59.62 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

26.55B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2025, filed Feb 11, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
8, FY2018 to FY2025
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

10.5% Computed

From the FY2025 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

33.31x Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

n/a Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, by fiscal year

FY2016 Revenue: 1.88B USDFY2016 Net income: 565.9M USDFY2017 Revenue: 1.60B USDFY2017 Net income: 1.21B USDFY2018 Revenue: 1.79B USDFY2018 Net income: 1.38B USDFY2019 Revenue: 1.81B USDFY2019 Net income: 2.35B USDFY2020 Revenue: 2.12B USDFY2020 Net income: 975.0M USDFY2021 Revenue: 2.29B USDFY2021 Net income: 619.7M USDFY2022 Revenue: 2.24B USDFY2022 Net income: 42.8M USDFY2023 Revenue: 2.35B USDFY2023 Net income: 1.13B USDFY2024 Revenue: 2.26B USDFY2024 Net income: 859.0M USDFY2025 Revenue: 2.38B USDFY2025 Net income: 770.9M USD
Revenue Net income10 fiscal years; a year whose statement names no SEC filing is market data, and the table in Filings says which.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 33.31x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2025 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 25.00x and 40.00x.

Today, against the Biotechnology industry (53 companies), 33.31x sits at the 73rd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 4.71x to 41.19x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 10.5% in FY2025, in the band labelled "Around the cost of capital" (8.0% to 12.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data.

Today, against the Biotechnology industry (78 companies), 10.5% sits at the 84th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -124.0% to -4.0%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 5.07x in FY2025, in the band labelled "Investment grade" (3.00x to 6.00x), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table.

Year by year against peers
Whether Royalty Pharma plc's return on equity stayed above the median of the Biotechnology industry, year by year. (FY2019 to FY2025, 7 fiscal years of Royalty Pharma plc with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Royalty Pharma plc's operating margin has moved, and how steadily. (FY2016 to FY2025, 10 filed years of Royalty Pharma plc)
What could explain it
What in Royalty Pharma plc's filed statements could explain the movements. (8 readings drawn from the statement lines Royalty Pharma plc filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Royalty Pharma plc, and where in its filings. (3 questions for Royalty Pharma plc)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Royalty Pharma plc's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (11 of sixteen figures read for Royalty Pharma plc)

These are RPRX’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2025 annual report: 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, accession 0001802768-26-000003.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Royalty Pharma plc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax10.5% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Return on equity11.9% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Return on capital employed, pre-tax8.2% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Return on assets3.9% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Gross margin
Why n/a

Our archived statements for this filer carry no gross profit line, so there is nothing to compute a gross margin from and trace back to source. That may be because the filer presents no cost of revenue, or because we have not captured the concept. We do not guess which.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Operating margin65.6% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Net margin32.4% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
RPRX 32.4%
GMAB 25.9%VRTX 32.9%INCY 25.0%ALNY 8.4%EXEL 33.7%
8.4%33.7%
Net margin: RPRX against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Royalty Pharma plc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity1.38 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Current ratio2.40 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Quick ratio2.40 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Interest coverage5.07x ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Altman Z-score2.64 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Net debt8.33B ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Total assets 19.62BTotal liabilities 9.91BShareholders' equity 6.48BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Royalty Pharma plc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2025, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003).

Royalty Pharma plc: balance sheet position
Total assets19.62B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026
Total liabilities9.91B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026
Shareholders' equity6.48B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026
Cash637.5M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026
Total debt8.97B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026
Net debt8.33B
Current ratio2.40
Debt to equity1.38

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Royalty Pharma plc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings33.31x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
P/E on trailing twelve months30.90x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book5.20x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Price to sales14.15x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Enterprise value to EBIT26.93x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Enterprise value to EBITDA26.87x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Price to earnings over growth5.30 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Diluted earnings per share1.78 USD FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Graham number21.50 USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value RPRX on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Royalty Pharma plc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Royalty Pharma plc: valuation
Share price59.62 USD
Market capitalisation26.55B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA26.87x
Graham number21.50 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20251.78 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Aug 11, 2021: low 9.48x, median 25.61x, high 378.40x, latest 30.90x. 1,298 trading days with a meaningful ratio. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Royalty Pharma plc

  1. Genmab A/S (GMAB)Market cap 23.26B USD
  2. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX)Market cap 128.90B USD
  3. Incyte Corporation (INCY)Market cap 22.96B USD
  4. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALNY)Market cap 31.32B USD
  5. Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL)Market cap 15.79B USD

Same industry (Biotechnology) and size band (Large, 10B to 200B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

Computed

Royalty Pharma plc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Free cash flow
Why n/a

The FY2025 filing carries no free cash flow we could read.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Free cash flow margin
Why n/a

No free cash flow, and no operating cash flow and capital expenditure pair, is filed for this year.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Dividend yield
Why n/a

The dividends on file cannot be split between common and preferred holders, so the common dividend cannot be stated.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Payout ratio
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
FY2016 Net income: 565.9M USDFY2017 Free cash flow: 1.42B USDFY2017 Net income: 1.21B USDFY2018 Net income: 1.38B USDFY2019 Net income: 2.35B USDFY2020 Net income: 975.0M USDFY2021 Net income: 619.7M USDFY2022 Net income: 42.8M USDFY2023 Net income: 1.13B USDFY2024 Net income: 859.0M USDFY2025 Net income: 770.9M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Royalty Pharma plc: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
33.31xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
5.20xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
26.93xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/a The filed cash flow statement reports neither free cash flow nor the operating cash flow and capital spending it is built from.
10.5%FY2025Feb 11, 2026
n/aFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/a The dividends on file cannot be split between common and preferred holders, so the common dividend cannot be stated.
1.38FY2025Feb 11, 2026
2.40FY2025Feb 11, 2026
14.15xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
5.30FY2025Oct 15, 2026
2.64FY2025Oct 15, 2026
-2.64FY2025Feb 11, 2026
5/9FY2025Feb 11, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2025, the newest full year on file. 8 filed fiscal years on record, FY2018 to FY2025, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 fiscal years, FY2016 to FY2025. 8 read from the annual reports Royalty Pharma plc filed with the SEC, each naming its filing; the rest from statements that name none, which are market data. Amounts in USD, as reported.

Royalty Pharma plc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20252.38B1.56B770.9M1.78n/a65.6%11.9%10-K, Feb 11, 20260001802768-26-000003
FY20242.26B1.29B859.0M1.91n/a57.1%12.4%10-K, Feb 12, 20250001802768-25-000010
FY20232.35B1.49B1.13B2.53n/a63.4%17.4%10-K, Feb 15, 20240001802768-24-000012
FY20222.24B307.1M42.8M0.10n/a13.7%0.8%10-K, Feb 15, 20230001802768-23-000007
FY20212.29B1.43B619.7M1.49n/a62.5%10.7%10-K, Feb 15, 20220001802768-22-000011
FY20202.12B1.60B975.0M1.32n/a75.2%20.2%10-K, Feb 24, 20210001802768-21-000006
FY20191.81B2.62B2.35Bn/an/a144.6%38.5%10-K, Feb 24, 20210001802768-21-000006
FY20181.79B1.36B1.38Bn/an/a76.0%n/a10-K, Feb 24, 20210001802768-21-000006
FY20171.60B939.7M1.21B3.421.42B58.8%27.1%Market data, supplied Oct 15, 2026accession n/a
FY20161.88B722.9M565.9M0.93n/a38.5%12.7%Market data, supplied Oct 15, 2026accession n/a
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 2.7%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 3.5%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 7.5%
  • Free cash flow: Fewer than two filed years carry free cash flow.

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Royalty Pharma plc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.64 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Piotroski F-score5/9 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 11, 2026, 0001802768-26-000003
Named tests met1 of 30 Computed
Beta0.18 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 1 met, 26 not met, 3 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
ROIC at or above WACC
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
Dividends and buybacks; Cash-covered dividend; Cash-flow yield and ROIC. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(8)
  • Positive Earnings Streak: We hold 6 profitable filed years in a row; the test needs 10.
  • Gross Margin: Our archived statements for this filer carry no gross profit line, so there is nothing to compute a gross margin from and trace back to source. That may be because the filer presents no cost of revenue, or because we have not captured the concept. We do not guess which.
  • Dividend Yield: The dividends on file cannot be split between common and preferred holders, so the common dividend cannot be stated.
  • Payout Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Free Cash Flow Yield: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Capex To Ocf: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: The dividends on file cannot be split between common and preferred holders, so the common dividend cannot be stated.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What to do with what you have read.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 8 figures could not be read on this company, among them Positive Earnings Streak, Gross Margin, Dividend Yield. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 3 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.
  • We hold 8 filed fiscal years rather than 10, so the run above is shorter than a full decade and is counted as what it is.

And the one that is true of all of it: This is what the numbers say today. It cannot tell you the day one of them stops being true. Nothing here can, because the reasons are not written down.

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