Royalty Pharma (RPRX) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Royalty Pharma (RPRX) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 8.10% for Q3 2026, down 0.27 percentage points from 8.37% a year earlier but up 0.22 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Royalty Pharma (RPRX) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Royalty Pharma's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 8.53%, up 0.48 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -2.93 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Royalty Pharma's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 8.05% in FY2024 (-1.03 pp), 9.08% in FY2023 (+7.16 pp), 1.92% in FY2022 (-6.70 pp) and 8.62% in FY2021 (-2.83 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has run from a low of 1.91% in Q4 2022 to a high of 11.36% in Q1 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.29 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q4 2023, with a gain of 7.44 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2022, with a drop of 6.29 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 7.88% (Q2 2026), 8.28% (Q1 2026) and 8.27% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royalty Pharma | 39.80 Bn | 40.13 Bn | - | 8.10% |
| 2 | Rocket Companies | 38.90 Bn | 27.72 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Orix | 38.66 Bn | 9.30 Bn | 13.83 Bn | - |
| 4 | Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae | 26.46 Bn | -16,107.65 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Synchrony Financial | 22.47 Bn | -45.15 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Affirm Holdings | 22.07 Bn | 15.11 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Royal Gold | 21.71 Bn | 20.92 Bn | 402.46 Mn | 11.81% |
| 8 | Ares Capital | 13.84 Bn | 11.59 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Annaly Capital Management | 13.83 Bn | 4.86 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Federal Home Loan Mortgage | 12.64 Bn | -328.33 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 8.10% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.88% |
| 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% |
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Royalty Pharma Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=RPRX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "RPRX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=RPRX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();