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Royalty Pharma (Royalty Pharma) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.01 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Royalty Pharma Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Royalty Pharma's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Royalty Pharma's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,135 Mil. Royalty Pharma's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,059 Mil. Royalty Pharma's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.01.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Royalty Pharma's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

RPRX' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.27   Med: 3.41   Max: 16.8
Current: 3.25

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Royalty Pharma was 16.80. The lowest was 2.27. And the median was 3.41.

RPRX's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
67.27% of 278 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.375 vs RPRX: 3.25

Royalty Pharma Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Royalty Pharma's Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

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Royalty Pharma Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Royalty Pharma Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.27 3.09 4.96 16.80 3.25

Royalty Pharma Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 -3.16 3.20 4.47 9.12 2.01

Competitive Comparison of Royalty Pharma's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Royalty Pharma's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Royalty Pharma's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Royalty Pharma's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Royalty Pharma Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Royalty Pharma's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 6135.285) / 1887.275
=3.25

Royalty Pharma's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 6135.285) / 3059.364
=2.01

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Royalty Pharma  (NAS:RPRX) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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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
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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
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