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Royalty Pharma (RPRX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$69.31 +0.34 (+0.49%)
Closing price 11/13/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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$68.64 -0.67 (-0.97%)
As of 11/13/2026 07:58 PM Eastern
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About Royalty Pharma Stock (NASDAQ:RPRX)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$68.14
▼
$69.43
50-Day Range
$56.21
▼
$70.01
52-Week Range
$37.31
▼
$70.37
Volume
2.95 million shs
Average Volume
3.55 million shs
Market Capitalization
$39.85 billion
P/E Ratio
57.76
Dividend Yield
1.36%
Price Target
$63.29
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Royalty Pharma plc is a biopharmaceutical royalty company that provides funding to companies and inventors in exchange for royalty interests in medicines. It acquires existing royalties and helps finance drug development and commercialization through royalty-based transactions and other forms of funding.

The company’s portfolio includes royalty interests in medicines across a range of therapeutic areas, spanning both approved treatments and products in development. Royalty Pharma generally earns revenue when these medicines are sold; it does not operate as a conventional drug manufacturer or commercialize medicines itself.

Founded in 1996 by Pablo Legorreta, the company became publicly listed in 2020. Legorreta serves as its chairman and chief executive officer. Royalty Pharma works with biopharmaceutical companies and research institutions internationally, with a business focused on the global life sciences sector.

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Royalty Pharma Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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72nd Percentile Overall Score

RPRX MarketRank™: 
3.61081932773 of 5 stars

Royalty Pharma scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 190th out of 892 stocks in the healthcare sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Royalty Pharma has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.11, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 8 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Downside Risk

    Royalty Pharma has a consensus price target of $63.29, representing about 8.7% downside from its current price of $69.31.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Royalty Pharma has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Royalty Pharma's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Royalty Pharma are expected to grow by 7.65% in the coming year, from $5.36 to $5.77 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Royalty Pharma is 57.76, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.41.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Royalty Pharma is 57.76, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Healthcare sector average P/E ratio of about 34.71.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Royalty Pharma has a PEG Ratio of 1.37. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Royalty Pharma has a P/B Ratio of 4.07. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.80% of the float of Royalty Pharma has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Royalty Pharma has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.97, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Royalty Pharma has recently increased by 1.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Royalty Pharma pays a meaningful dividend of 1.36%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Royalty Pharma has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Royalty Pharma is 78.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Royalty Pharma will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.29% next year. This indicates that Royalty Pharma will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Royalty Pharma's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Royalty Pharma has a news sentiment score of 1.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Royalty Pharma this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 3 people have searched for RPRX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    8 people have added Royalty Pharma to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Royalty Pharma insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $12,324,407.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    18.84% of the stock of Royalty Pharma is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    54.35% of the stock of Royalty Pharma is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Royalty Pharma's insider trading history.
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RPRX Stock News Headlines

Royalty Pharma to present at the UBS Global Biopharma Conference
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Management just bought 2.8 million shares
Management just backed a $100 million buyback, repurchasing 2.8 million shares at an average price of $35.26 in one quarter. Institutions own about 83% of shares, including BlackRock's 32 million shares worth $716 million and Vanguard's 48 million shares worth nearly $1.1 billion. A new multi-year deal with Palantir adds an AI-driven edge to this energy producer's operations.tc pixel
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RPRX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Royalty Pharma's stock was trading at $38.64 at the start of the year. Since then, RPRX stock has increased by 79.4% and is now trading at $69.31.

Royalty Pharma PLC (NASDAQ:RPRX) released its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 5th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $1.32 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.05. The biopharmaceutical company earned $674.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $758.93 million. Royalty Pharma had a net margin of 25.68% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.04%.
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Royalty Pharma (RPRX) raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday, June 16th 2020. The company issued 70,000,000 shares at $25.00-$28.00 per share. J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and UBS Investment Bank acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Evercore ISI, Cowen and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Top institutional shareholders of Royalty Pharma include State Street Corp (2.25%), New South Capital Management Inc. (0.25%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.25%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.20%). Insiders that own company stock include Avara Management Ltd, Christopher Hite, Gregory Norden, Rory B Riggs, Terrance P Coyne, Marshall Urist and George W Lloyd.
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Shares of RPRX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Royalty Pharma investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Micron Technology (MU), Pfizer (PFE) and Salesforce (CRM).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/05/2026
Record date for 9/10 Dividend
8/14/2026
Ex-Dividend for 9/10 Dividend
8/14/2026
Dividend Payable
9/10/2026
Record date for 12/10 Dividend
11/13/2026
Ex-Dividend for 12/10 Dividend
11/13/2026
Today
11/14/2026
UBS Global Biopharma Conference 2026
11/17/2026
9th Annual Evercore ISI HealthCONx Conference
12/01/2026
Dividend Payable
12/10/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Pharmaceuticals
Sub-Industry
Pharmaceuticals
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:RPRX
CIK
1802768
Fax
N/A
Employees
100
Year Founded
1996

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$78.00
Low Price Target
$45.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-8.7%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.11
Research Coverage
9 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$1.20
Trailing P/E Ratio
57.76
Forward P/E Ratio
12.01
P/E Growth
1.37
Net Income
$770.95 million
Net Margins
25.68%
Pretax Margin
44.83%
Return on Equity
30.04%
Return on Assets
14.97%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.77
Current Ratio
1.29
Quick Ratio
1.29

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.38 billion
Price / Sales
16.76
Cash Flow
$4.80 per share
Price / Cash Flow
14.44
Book Value
$17.03 per share
Price / Book
4.07

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
575,000,000
Free Float
466,671,000
Market Cap
$39.85 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.37

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This page (NASDAQ:RPRX) was last updated on 11/13/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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