Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX)

About Royalty Pharma plc

Royalty Pharma plc is a company that buys biopharmaceutical royalties and funds innovation in the biopharmaceutical industry. It holds a portfolio of royalties on over 35 commercial products and 20 development-stage candidates, receiving payments based on the sales of these therapies. The company works with academic institutions, biotechnology firms, and global pharmaceutical companies to invest in and acquire royalties on approved and late-stage drug candidates.

Snapshot

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

Peer comparison

Where Royalty Pharma’s fundamentals sit among the 198 pharmaceutical companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Royalty Pharma’s operating margin of 65.6% ranks in the 99th percentile of the 112 pharmaceutical companies reporting it. Royalty Pharma’s net margin of 32.4% ranks in the 87th percentile of the 121 pharmaceutical companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 7 insider sales totaling $13.0M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

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Quarterly trend

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

Selected SEC filings

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