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

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DateValue
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%