Royalty Pharma plc
Business
Royalty Pharma plc is the largest buyer of biopharmaceutical royalties and a leading funder of innovation across the biopharmaceutical industry. It assembles and acquires royalty interests that entitle it to payments based on top-line product sales, and provides third-party and synthetic royalties, launch and development capital, co-funding of late-stage trials and M&A-related royalty acquisitions. Its business is organized around a portfolio of royalties on approved marketed therapies and development-stage product candidates, together with structured funding arrangements. It operates globally by partnering with academic institutions, research hospitals, biotechnology companies and major pharmaceutical marketers to receive royalty-based cash flows tied to worldwide sales.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-12
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income and other revenues | 2,378 | 2,264 | 2,355 | 2,237 | 2,289 | |
| Provision for changes in expected cash flows from financial royalty assets | −296 | 732 | 561 | 904 | 453 | |
| Provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments | 89 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Research and development funding expense | 452 | 2 | 52 | 177 | 200 | |
| General and administrative expenses (includes $290,890, $3,224, and $3,302 of share-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively; see Note 4) | 573 | 237 | 250 | 227 | 183 | |
| Total operating expense, net | 819 | 971 | 862 | 1,930 | 859 | |
| Operating income | 1,560 | 1,292 | 1,492 | 307 | 1,431 | |
| Equity in earnings of equity method investees | −29 | −30 | −29 | 9 | 19 | |
| Interest expense | 308 | 226 | 187 | 188 | — | |
| Losses on derivative financial instruments | 0 | 6 | 2 | −97 | 22 | |
| Losses/(gains) on equity securities | 22 | −40 | −87 | 33 | 48 | |
| Gains on available for sale debt securities | −46 | −155 | −231 | 7 | −18 | |
| Interest income | −34 | −47 | −72 | −78 | — | |
| Other non-operating expenses, net | 14 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 6 | |
| Total other expense/(income), net | 235 | −38 | −208 | 77 | 190 | |
| Consolidated net income before tax | 1,324 | 1,331 | 1,700 | 230 | 1,241 | |
| Income tax expense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Consolidated net income | 1,324 | 1,331 | 1,700 | 230 | 1,241 | |
| Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 553 | 472 | 565 | 187 | 621 | |
| Net income attributable to Royalty Pharma plc | 771 | 859 | 1,135 | 43 | 620 | |
| Basic (in dollars per share) | 1.79 | 1.92 | 2.54 | 0.1 | 1.49 | |
| Diluted (in dollars per share) | 1.78 | 1.91 | 2.53 | 0.1 | 1.49 | |
| Basic (in shares) | 430 | 448 | 448 | 438 | 415 | |
| Diluted (in shares) | 564 | 594 | 603 | 438 | 415 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 619 | 929 | 477 | 1,711 | 1,541 | |
| Financial royalty assets | 854 | 784 | 738 | 691 | 614 | |
| Available for sale debt securities | 19 | 58 | 18 | 1 | 66 | |
| Other royalty income receivable | 29 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 15 | |
| Other current assets | 7 | 4 | 18 | 91 | 7 | |
| Total current assets | 1,528 | 1,802 | 1,274 | 2,555 | 2,878 | |
| Financial royalty assets, net | 16,208 | 15,127 | 14,089 | 13,493 | 13,718 | |
| Equity securities | 171 | 187 | 199 | 112 | 270 | |
| Available for sale debt securities | 419 | 694 | 437 | 226 | 204 | |
| Equity method investments | 290 | 379 | 376 | 397 | 435 | |
| Goodwill | 925 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Other assets | 79 | 34 | 7 | 30 | 4 | |
| Total assets | 19,621 | 18,223 | 16,382 | 16,813 | 17,516 | |
| Distributions payable to legacy non-controlling interests | 73 | 76 | — | — | — | |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 19 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 6 | |
| Interest payable | 111 | 98 | 52 | 54 | 58 | |
| Current portion of long-term debt | 380 | 998 | 0 | 998 | 0 | |
| Other current liabilities | 53 | 69 | 11 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total current liabilities | 636 | 1,254 | 161 | 1,167 | 171 | |
| Long-term debt | 8,571 | 6,615 | 6,135 | 6,119 | 7,096 | |
| Accrued compensation liabilities | 578 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Other liabilities | 121 | 12 | 900,000 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total liabilities | 9,906 | 7,880 | 6,298 | 7,288 | 7,267 | |
| Commitments and contingencies | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Deferred shares, $0.000001 par value; issued and outstanding: 2025411,475 and 2024392,255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 4,123 | 4,103 | 4,011 | 3,666 | 3,508 | |
| Retained earnings | 2,356 | 2,846 | 2,518 | 1,965 | 2,255 | |
| Non-controlling interests | 3,238 | 3,396 | 3,558 | 3,897 | 4,472 | |
| Treasury interests | −3 | −3 | — | — | — | |
| Total shareholders equity | 9,715 | 10,342 | 10,084 | 9,525 | 10,249 | |
| Total liabilities and shareholders equity | 19,621 | 18,223 | 16,382 | 16,813 | 17,516 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash collections from financial royalty assets | 3,355 | 2,983 | 3,201 | 2,507 | 2,316 | |
| Cash collections from intangible royalty assets | 720,000 | 15 | 1 | 73 | 151 | |
| Other royalty cash collections | 114 | 109 | 159 | 70 | 44 | |
| Distributions from equity method investees | 13 | 13 | 19 | 39 | 34 | |
| Interest received | 34 | 46 | 72 | 25 | 3 | |
| Development-stage funding payments | −452 | −2 | −52 | — | — | |
| Payments for operating and professional costs | −288 | −236 | −243 | −223 | −185 | |
| Payments for Employee EPAs | −11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Interest paid | −276 | −160 | −169 | −170 | −130 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 2,490 | 2,769 | 2,988 | 2,144 | 2,018 | |
| Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired | −74 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Distributions from equity method investees | 105 | 24 | 44 | 0 | 523,000 | |
| Investments in equity method investees | 0 | −11 | −13 | −10 | −35 | |
| Purchases of equity securities | −58 | −63 | 0 | −88 | −135 | |
| Proceeds from equity securities | 35 | 99 | 0 | — | — | |
| Purchases of available for sale debt securities | −175 | −150 | 0 | −480 | −70 | |
| Proceeds from available for sale debt securities | 21 | 20 | 1 | 542 | 63 | |
| Proceeds from sales of available for sale debt securities | 511 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities | 0 | 0 | 24 | 792 | 1,598 | |
| Acquisitions of financial royalty assets | −1,698 | −2,506 | −2,116 | −1,742 | −2,192 | |
| Acquisitions of other financial assets | 0 | −18 | 0 | −21 | 0 | |
| Milestone payments | −271 | −75 | −12 | 0 | −19 | |
| Other | −9 | 2 | −2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | −1,614 | −2,678 | −2,073 | −1,029 | −1,870 | |
| Distributions to legacy non-controlling interests - Portfolio Receipts | −355 | −362 | −377 | — | — | |
| Distributions to continuing non-controlling interests | −167 | −125 | −120 | −144 | −133 | |
| Dividends to shareholders | −378 | −376 | −358 | −333 | −285 | |
| Repurchases of Class A ordinary shares | −1,227 | −230 | −305 | 0 | 0 | |
| Contributions from legacy non-controlling interests - R&D | 220,000 | 747,000 | 543,000 | 1 | 7 | |
| Contributions from non-controlling interests - other | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 37 | |
| Cash acquired in connection with purchase of non-controlling interest | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from revolving credit facility | 1,275 | 0 | 350 | 0 | 0 | |
| Repayment of revolving credit facility | −1,275 | 0 | −350 | — | — | |
| Repayment of long-term debt | −1,000 | 0 | −1,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of discount | 1,954 | 1,471 | 0 | 0 | 1,273 | |
| Debt issuance costs and other | −17 | −13 | −2 | −1 | −13 | |
| Other | −2 | −9 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities | −1,186 | 361 | −2,149 | −945 | 385 | |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | −310 | 452 | −1,234 | 170 | 532 |