- Portfolio Receipts growth of 10% to
$925 million ; Royalty Receipts growth of 13% - Net cash provided by operating activities of
$718 million - Raised full year 2026 guidance: Portfolio Receipts expected to be
$3,325 million to$3,450 million
“Royalty Pharma has delivered a strong start to 2026 across multiple dimensions. We grew Royalty Receipts by 13% and announced up to
Double-digit growth in Royalty Receipts and Portfolio Receipts
- Royalty Receipts grew 13% to
$887 million in the first quarter of 2026 driven by Tremfya, Voranigo and Evrysdi. - Portfolio Receipts increased by 10% to
$925 million .
Strong transaction activity
- Acquired three royalties for
$1.25 billion in announced value; Capital Deployment of$528 million in the first quarter. - R&D co-funding collaborations in immunology announced with Johnson & Johnson on JNJ-4804 and Teva on TEV-’408.
Positive clinical and regulatory updates across royalty portfolio
- Positive Phase 3 results for Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib in pancreatic cancer and Cytokinetics’ Myqorzo in non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Denali’s Avlayah (tividenofusp alfa) approved by FDA (Hunter syndrome); Nuvalent’s neladalkib (lung cancer) New Drug Application submitted to FDA.
Raising financial guidance for full year 2026 (excludes contribution from future transactions)
Royalty Pharma now expects 2026 Portfolio Receipts to be between$3,325 million and$3,450 million (previously$3,275 million to$3,425 million ), representing expected Royalty Receipts growth of 4% to 8%.
Financial & Liquidity Summary
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| ($ and shares in millions; unaudited) | 2026 | 2025 | Change | |
| Portfolio Receipts | 925 | 839 | 10 | % |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 718 | 596 | 20 | % |
| Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)* | 889 | 738 | 21 | % |
| Portfolio Cash Flow (non-GAAP)* | 722 | 611 | 18 | % |
| Weighted average Class A ordinary shares outstanding - diluted | 557 | 578 | (4 | )% |
*See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section. Adjusted EBITDA and Portfolio Cash Flow are non-GAAP liquidity measures calculated in accordance with the credit agreement.
2026 Financial Outlook
| Provided | Previous | |
| Portfolio Receipts | ||
| Payments for operating and professional costs | 5.5% to 6.5% of Portfolio Receipts | 5.5% to 6.5% of Portfolio Receipts |
| Interest paid |
Portfolio Receipts is defined as the sum of Royalty Receipts and Milestones and other contractual receipts. The above Portfolio Receipts guidance provided on
Royalty Pharma’s full year 2026 guidance reflects an estimated foreign exchange impact of approximately +1% to Portfolio Receipts, assuming current foreign exchange rates prevail for the rest of 2026.
Payments for operating and professional costs in 2026 are expected to decrease as a percentage of Portfolio Receipts, compared to 8.9% in 2025, primarily due to extinguishment of the management fee following the completion of the internalization transaction on
Total interest paid is based on the semi-annual interest payment schedule of Royalty Pharma’s existing notes and the quarterly interest payment schedule for the term loan assumed as part of the internalization transaction. In 2026,
Portfolio Receipts Highlights
| Three Months Ended | ||||||
| ($ in millions; unaudited) | 2026 | 2025 | Change | |||
| Products: | Marketers: | Therapeutic Area: | ||||
| Cystic fibrosis franchise | Vertex | Rare disease | 253 | 250 | 1 | % |
| Trelegy | GSK | Respiratory | 98 | 85 | 15 | % |
| Evrysdi | Roche | Rare disease | 80 | 53 | 51 | % |
| Tremfya | Johnson & Johnson | Immunology | 64 | 36 | 79 | % |
| Tysabri | Biogen | Neuroscience | 59 | 61 | (3 | )% |
| Xtandi | Pfizer, Astellas | Oncology | 51 | 52 | (3 | )% |
| Voranigo | Oncology | 47 | 20 | 140 | % | |
| Imbruvica | AbbVie, Johnson & Johnson | Oncology | 38 | 46 | (17 | )% |
| Cabometyx/Cometriq | Exelixis, Ipsen, Takeda | Oncology | 23 | 21 | 9 | % |
| Promacta | Novartis | Hematology | 17 | 44 | (61 | )% |
| Imdelltra | Amgen | Oncology | 17 | — | n/a | |
| Trodelvy | Gilead | Oncology | 13 | 13 | 7 | % |
| Spinraza | Biogen | Rare disease | 12 | 13 | (9 | )% |
| Amvuttra | Alnylam | Rare disease | 8 | — | n/a | |
| Other products(6) | 108 | 96 | 12 | % | ||
| Royalty Receipts | 887 | 788 | 13 | % | ||
| Milestones and other contractual receipts | 38 | 51 | (25 | )% | ||
| Portfolio Receipts | 925 | 839 | 10 | % | ||
Amounts shown in the table may not add due to rounding.
Royalty Receipts was $887 million in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 13% compared to $788 million in the first quarter of 2025. The increase was primarily driven by Tremfya, Voranigo and Evrysdi, partially offset by a decline from Promacta due to
Portfolio Receipts was $925 million in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 10% compared to $839 million in the first quarter of 2025, primarily driven by the same Royalty Receipts increases noted above, partially offset by lower Milestones and other contractual receipts.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Royalty Pharma’s liquidity and capital resources are summarized below:
As of
In the first quarter of 2026,
In
Liquidity Summary
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| ($ in millions; unaudited) | 2026 | 2025 | ||
| Portfolio Receipts | 925 | 839 | ||
| Payments for operating and professional costs | (36 | ) | (102 | ) |
| Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) | 889 | 738 | ||
| Interest paid, net | (167 | ) | (127 | ) |
| Portfolio Cash Flow (non-GAAP) | 722 | 611 | ||
Amounts may not add due to rounding.
- Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) was
$889 million in the first quarter of 2026. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as Portfolio Receipts minus payments for operating and professional costs. - Portfolio Cash Flow (non-GAAP) was
$722 million in the first quarter of 2026. Portfolio Cash Flow is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA minus interest paid or received, net. This measure reflects the cash generated by Royalty Pharma’s business that can be redeployed into value-enhancing royalty acquisitions, used to repay debt, returned to shareholders through dividends or share purchases, or utilized for other discretionary investments.
Refer to Table 4 for Royalty Pharma’s reconciliation of each non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, net cash provided by operating activities.
Capital Deployment reflects cash payments during the period for new and previously announced transactions. Capital Deployment was
The table below details Capital Deployment by category:
Capital Deployment
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| ($ in millions; unaudited) | 2026 | 2025 | ||
| Acquisitions of financial royalty assets | (452 | ) | (1 | ) |
| Development-stage funding payments | (26 | ) | (51 | ) |
| Milestone payments | (50 | ) | (50 | ) |
| Contributions from legacy non-controlling interests - R&D | — | 0 | ||
| Capital Deployment | (528 | ) | (101 | ) |
Amounts may not add due to rounding.
Royalty Transactions
During the first quarter of 2026,
Recent transactions include:
- In
March 2026 ,Royalty Pharma entered into an R&D co-funding arrangement with Johnson & Johnson to provide$500 million over two years for the development of JNJ-4804, an investigational medicine for autoimmune diseases. - In
March 2026 ,Royalty Pharma acquired a royalty interest in Ziihera fromZymeworks Inc. for$250 million . Ziihera, which is marketed by Jazz Pharmaceuticals and BeOne Medicines, is approved for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive metastatic biliary tract cancer and is in development for HER2-positive gastric cancer. - In
January 2026 ,Royalty Pharma announced a funding agreement withTeva Pharmaceuticals for TEV-’408 for up to$500 million . The agreement includes up to$75 million to co-fund a Phase 2b study for vitiligo targeted for 2026. Based on the results of this study,Royalty Pharma has the option to provide up to an additional$425 million to co-fund the Phase 3 development program.
The information in this section should be read together with Royalty Pharma’s reports and documents filed with the
Key Developments Relating to the Portfolio
The key developments related to Royalty Pharma’s royalty interests are discussed below based on disclosures from the marketers of the products.
| Myqorzo | In In |
| Ziihera | In |
| daraxonrasib | In |
| neladalkib | In |
| Spinraza | In In |
| litifilimab | In In |
| Avlayah | In |
| Tazverik | In |
| ampreloxetine | In |
| TEV-’749 | In |
| pelabresib | In |
| obexelimab | In |
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Portfolio Receipts
Portfolio Receipts is a key performance metric that represents Royalty Pharma’s ability to generate cash from Royalty Pharma’s portfolio investments, the primary source of capital that is deployed to make new portfolio investments. Portfolio Receipts is defined as the sum of Royalty Receipts and Milestones and other contractual receipts. Royalty Receipts includes variable payments based on sales of products, net of contractual payments to the legacy non-controlling interests, that are attributed to
Milestones and other contractual receipts include sales-based or regulatory milestone payments and other fixed contractual receipts, net of contractual payments to legacy non-controlling interests, that are attributed to
Portfolio Receipts is calculated as the sum of the following line items from Royalty Pharma’s GAAP condensed consolidated statements of cash flows: Cash collections from financial royalty assets, Cash collections from intangible royalty assets, Other royalty cash collections, Proceeds from available for sale debt securities and Distributions from equity method investees less Distributions to legacy non-controlling interests - Portfolio Receipts, which represent contractual distributions of Royalty Receipts, milestones and other contractual receipts to the Legacy Investors Partnerships.
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
Adjusted EBITDA and Portfolio Cash Flow are non-GAAP liquidity measures that exclude the impact of certain items and therefore have not been calculated in accordance with GAAP. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA and Portfolio Cash Flow are important non-GAAP measures used to analyze liquidity because they are key components of certain material covenants contained within Royalty Pharma’s credit agreement.
The definitions of Adjusted EBITDA and Portfolio Cash Flow used by
Adjusted EBITDA and Portfolio Cash Flow are used by management as key liquidity measures in the evaluation of the company’s ability to generate cash from operations. Management uses Adjusted EBITDA and Portfolio Cash Flow when considering available cash, including for decision-making purposes related to funding of acquisitions, debt repayments, dividends and other discretionary investments. Further, these non-GAAP liquidity measures help management, the audit committee and investors evaluate the company’s ability to generate liquidity from operating activities.
The company has provided reconciliations of these non-GAAP liquidity measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, being net cash provided by operating activities in Table 4.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations(8)(unaudited) Table 1 | ||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| ($ in millions) | 2026 | 2025 | ||
| Income and other revenues | ||||
| Income from financial royalty assets | 595 | 539 | ||
| Other royalty income and revenues | 36 | 29 | ||
| Total income and other revenues | 631 | 568 | ||
| Operating (income)/expense | ||||
| Provision for changes in expected cash flows from financial royalty assets | (197 | ) | (127 | ) |
| Provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments | (4 | ) | — | |
| Research and development funding expense | 40 | 51 | ||
| General and administrative expenses (includes 122 and 1 of share-based compensation expense for the three months ended | 159 | 111 | ||
| Financial royalty asset impairment | 69 | — | ||
| Total operating expense, net | 68 | 34 | ||
| Operating income | 563 | 534 | ||
| Other (income)/expense | ||||
| Equity in earnings of equity method investees | (22 | ) | (6 | ) |
| Interest expense | 94 | 65 | ||
| Other expense, net | 23 | 41 | ||
| Total other expense, net | 95 | 100 | ||
| Consolidated net income before tax | 468 | 434 | ||
| Income tax expense | — | — | ||
| Consolidated net income | 468 | 434 | ||
| Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 174 | 195 | ||
| Net income attributable to | 295 | 239 | ||
Amounts may not add due to rounding.
Selected Balance Sheet Data (unaudited) Table 2 | ||
| ($ in millions) | As of | As of |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 586 | 619 |
| Total current and non-current financial royalty assets, net | 17,322 | 17,063 |
| Total assets | 19,815 | 19,621 |
| Current portion of long-term debt | 380 | 380 |
| Long-term debt, net of current portion | 8,576 | 8,571 |
| Total liabilities | 9,879 | 9,906 |
| Total shareholders’ equity | 9,937 | 9,715 |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) Table 3 | ||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| ($ in millions) | 2026 | 2025 | ||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||
| Cash collections from financial royalty assets | 916 | 830 | ||
| Cash collections from intangible royalty assets | 4 | 0 | ||
| Other royalty cash collections | 34 | 32 | ||
| Distributions from equity method investees | 4 | 13 | ||
| Interest received | 6 | 12 | ||
| Development-stage funding payments | (26 | ) | (51 | ) |
| Payments for operating and professional costs | (36 | ) | (102 | ) |
| Payments for Employee EPAs | (10 | ) | — | |
| Interest paid | (174 | ) | (139 | ) |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 718 | 596 | ||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||
| Distributions from equity method investees | 42 | 36 | ||
| Purchases of equity securities | (23 | ) | (4 | ) |
| Proceeds from equity securities | 0 | — | ||
| Proceeds from available for sale debt securities | 4 | 13 | ||
| Proceeds from sales of available for sale debt securities | — | 511 | ||
| Acquisitions of financial royalty assets | (452 | ) | (1 | ) |
| Milestone payments | (50 | ) | (50 | ) |
| Net cash (used in)/provided by investing activities | (478 | ) | 504 | |
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||
| Distributions to legacy non-controlling interests - Portfolio Receipts | (78 | ) | (85 | ) |
| Distributions to continuing non-controlling interests | (40 | ) | (54 | ) |
| Dividends to shareholders | (104 | ) | (95 | ) |
| Repurchases of Class A ordinary shares | (50 | ) | (709 | ) |
| Contributions from legacy non-controlling interests - R&D | — | 0 | ||
| Contributions from non-controlling interests - other | — | 1 | ||
| Other | (0 | ) | — | |
| Net cash used in financing activities | (273 | ) | (941 | ) |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | (32 | ) | 159 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 619 | 929 | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | 586 | 1,088 | ||
EPAs: Equity Performance Awards. Amounts may not add due to rounding.
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation (unaudited) Table 4 | ||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| ($ in millions) | 2026 | 2025 | ||
| Net cash provided by operating activities (GAAP) | 718 | 596 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||
| Proceeds from available for sale debt securities(7) | 4 | 13 | ||
| Distributions from equity method investees(7) | 42 | 36 | ||
| Interest paid, net(7) | 167 | 127 | ||
| Development-stage funding payments | 26 | 51 | ||
| Distributions to legacy non-controlling interests - Portfolio Receipts(7) | (78 | ) | (85 | ) |
| Payments for Employee EPAs | 10 | — | ||
| Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) | 889 | 738 | ||
| Interest paid, net(7) | (167 | ) | (127 | ) |
| Portfolio Cash Flow (non-GAAP) | 722 | 611 | ||
EPAs: Equity Performance Awards. Amounts may not add due to rounding.
Description of Approved Indications for Select Portfolio Therapies Table 5 | |
| Cystic fibrosis franchise | Cystic fibrosis |
| Trelegy | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma |
| Evrysdi | Spinal muscular atrophy |
| Tremfya | Plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease |
| Tysabri | Relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis |
| Xtandi | Prostate cancer |
| Voranigo | Low-grade glioma |
| Imbruvica | Hematological malignancies and chronic graft versus host disease |
| Cabometyx/Cometriq | Kidney, liver and thyroid cancer |
| Promacta | Chronic immune thrombocytopenia purpura and aplastic anemia |
| Imdelltra | Small cell lung cancer |
| Trodelvy | Breast cancer |
| Spinraza | Spinal muscular atrophy |
| Amvuttra | Transthyretin amyloidosis |
| Notes | |
| (1) | Portfolio Receipts is defined above in the section entitled “Portfolio Receipts.” |
| (2) | Adjusted EBITDA is defined under the credit agreement as Portfolio Receipts minus payments for operating and professional costs. Operating and professional costs reflect Payments for operating and professional costs from the GAAP condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. See GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliation in Table 4. |
| (3) | Portfolio Cash Flow is defined under the credit agreement as Adjusted EBITDA minus interest paid or received, net. See GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliation in Table 4. Portfolio Cash Flow reflects the cash generated by Royalty Pharma’s business that can be redeployed into value-enhancing royalty acquisitions, used to repay debt, returned to shareholders through dividends or share purchases or utilized for other discretionary investments. |
| (4) | Capital Deployment is calculated as the summation of the following line items from Royalty Pharma’s GAAP condensed consolidated statements of cash flows: Investments in equity method investees, Purchases of available for sale debt securities, Acquisitions of financial royalty assets, Acquisitions of other financial assets, Milestone payments, Development-stage funding payments less Contributions from legacy non-controlling interests - R&D. |
| (5) | The term loan that |
| (6) | Other products primarily include Royalty Receipts on the following products: Crysvita, Emgality, Erleada, Farxiga/Onglyza, IDHIFA, Niktimvo, Nurtec ODT, Orladeyo, Skytrofa, Soliqua, Yorvipath and distributions from the Legacy SLP Interest, which is presented as Distributions from equity method investees on the GAAP condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. |
| (7) | The table below shows the line item for each adjustment and the direct location for such line item on the GAAP condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. |
| Reconciling Adjustment | Statements of Cash Flows Classification |
| Interest paid, net | Operating activities (Interest paid less Interest received) |
| Distributions from equity method investees | Investing activities |
| Proceeds from available for sale debt securities | Investing activities |
| Distributions to legacy non-controlling interests - Portfolio Receipts | Financing activities |
| (8) | The condensed consolidated statement of operations for 2025 has been recast to reflect the adoption of ASU 2025-07 by removing the losses previously recognized on derivative. |
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