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Royalty Pharma (Royalty Pharma) Interest Coverage

: 12.97 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Royalty Pharma's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $613 Mil. Royalty Pharma's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-47 Mil. Royalty Pharma's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.97. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Royalty Pharma's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

RPRX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.8   Med: 7.97   Max: 10.57
Current: 7.97


RPRX's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
79.66% of 354 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 143.98 vs RPRX: 7.97

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Royalty Pharma Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Royalty Pharma's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Royalty Pharma Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.77 10.57 8.61 4.91 7.97

Royalty Pharma Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.84 10.20 5.30 3.29 12.97

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Royalty Pharma's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Royalty Pharma Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Royalty Pharma's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Royalty Pharma's Interest Coverage falls into.



Royalty Pharma Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Royalty Pharma's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Royalty Pharma's Interest Expense was $-187 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,492 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $6,135 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1492.15/-187.187
=7.97

Royalty Pharma's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Royalty Pharma's Interest Expense was $-47 Mil. Its Operating Income was $613 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $6,135 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*612.896/-47.255
=12.97

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Royalty Pharma  (NAS:RPRX) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Royalty Pharma (Royalty Pharma) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
110 East 59th Street, FL 33, New York, NY, USA, 10022
Royalty Pharma PLC is the largest buyer of biopharmaceutical royalties. The firm has a portfolio of royalties that entitles it to payments based on the sales of biopharma products. Royalty Pharma receives royalties on more than 35 commercial products, including AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson's Imbruvica (for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and other blood cancers), Biogen's Tysabri (for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis), Vertex's cystic fibrosis franchise, and 10 development-stage product candidates.
Executives
Rory B Riggs director 65 RAILROAD AVE, RIDGEFIELD NJ 07657
Avara Management Ltd 10 percent owner C/O GISEV FAMILY OFFICE SA, CONTRADA DI SASSELLO 2, LUGANO V8 6900
Terrance P. Coyne officer: EVP & CFO C/O ROYALTY PHARMA PLC, 110 EAST 59TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
Pablo G. Legorreta director, officer: CEO, Chairman of the Board 110 E 59TH STREET, SUITE 3300, NEW YORK NY 10022
George W. Lloyd officer: EVP, Investments & GC C/O ROYALTY PHARMA PLC, 110 EAST 59TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
Marshall Urist officer: EVP, Research & Investments C/O ROYALTY PHARMA PLC, 110 EAST 59TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
Mario Germano Giuliani director, 10 percent owner C/O GISEV FAMILY OFFICE SA, CONTRADA DI SASSELLO 2, LUGANO V8 6900
James F. Reddoch officer: EVP, Research & Investments C/O ROYALTY PHARMA PLC, 110 EAST 59TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
Nogra Group Sicaf Sif Gg Strategic 10 percent owner C/O NOGRA GROUP SICAF-SIF S.A., 18 AVENUE DE LA PORTE NEUVE, LUXEMBOURG N4 L-2227
Nogra Group Sicaf - Sif S.a. 10 percent owner 18 AVENUE DE LA PORTE NEUVE, LUXEMBOURG N4 L-2227
Catherine M. Engelbert director 110 NORTH CARPENTER STREET, CHICAGO IL 60607
Errol B Desouza director 215 COLLEGE ROAD, PARAMUS NJ 07652
Henry A Fernandez director MSCI INC., 88 PINE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10005
Gregory Norden director 16640 CHESTERFIELD GROVE DRIVE, SUITE 200, CHESTERFIELD MO 63005
Ted W Love director C/O GLOBAL BLOOD THERAPEUTICS, INC., 400 EAST JAMIE COURT, SUITE 101, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080