Royalty Pharma (RPRX) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)
Royalty Pharma's (RPRX) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 8.28% in Q1 2026, down 308.0% year-on-year from 3.98% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 8.27% in Q4 2025.
Royalty Pharma (RPRX) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Royalty Pharma has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 7 years of filings, most recently posting 8.28% for Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 8.28%, down 308.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.28% (down 308.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.53%, up 48.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 8.28% for Q1 2026 at Royalty Pharma, roughly flat from 8.27% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.36% in Q1 2025 to a low of 1.91% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 7.66% (2024), against an average of 6.81%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 629 bps in 2022 and jumped 744 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
- Royalty Pharma's Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.91% in 2022, then soared by 390 bps to 9.35% in 2023, then declined by 18 bps to 7.66% in 2024, then gained by 8 bps to 8.27% in 2025, then increased by 0 bps to 8.28% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 8.28% (Q1 2026), 8.27% (Q4 2025), and 8.37% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alterity Therapeutics | 925,601.88 Bn | 925,601.85 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Belite Bio | 58,560.00 Bn | 58,560.00 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Quantum Biopharma | 17,284.41 Bn | 17,284.40 Bn | - | 450.31% |
| 4 | Legend Biotech | 2,809.00 Bn | 2,808.71 Bn | 242.10 Mn | 51.73% |
| 5 | Evaxion A | 1,334.43 Bn | 1,334.42 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Akari Therapeutics | 1,312.27 Bn | 1,312.26 Bn | - | -107.40% |
| 7 | Psyence Biomedical | 212.16 Bn | 212.16 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 114.83 Bn | 107.58 Bn | 2.59 Bn | 21.10% |
| 9 | Abivax | 91.96 Bn | 91.96 Bn | - | -50.43% |
| 10 | Royalty Pharma | 23.13 Bn | 25.57 Bn | - | 8.28% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.28% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.27% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.37% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.98% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.36% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.66% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.25% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.78% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.82% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.35% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.42% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.75% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.58% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.91% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.69% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.07% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.21% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.20% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.43% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 11.29% |