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Moderna, Inc. (MRNA) vs Royalty Pharma PLC (RPRX)

Moderna, Inc. and Royalty Pharma PLC are both Biotechnology companies. Moderna, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $96.4B against $39.0B — 2.5× the size. Moderna, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Royalty Pharma PLC trades at 44.8×. Royalty Pharma PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.4% against −27.6%. Royalty Pharma PLC has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −141.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.24% vs −93.5%). Across the 19 metrics below, Royalty Pharma PLC leads on 13 and Moderna, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric MRNA RPRX Biotechnology median
P/E n/m 44.80 10.26
P/S 43.18 11.53 9.18
P/B 14.23 3.08 2.05
Price to free cash flow n/m 23.33 24.81
EV/EBITDA n/m 24.70 0.65
EV/Sales 41.14 14.60 8.98
Earnings yield (3.31%) 2.23% (34.89%)
Free cash flow yield (1.29%) 4.29% (24.52%)

Profitability

Metric MRNA RPRX Biotechnology median
Gross margin 23.38% 100.00% 65.16%
Operating margin (149.01%) 57.14% 0.00%
Net margin (141.43%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (55.83%) 113.11% 0.00%
Return on equity (39.00%) 0.00% (50.12%)
Return on assets (27.43%) 0.00% (45.60%)
Return on invested capital (93.47%) 5.24% 0.00%

Growth

Metric MRNA RPRX Biotechnology median
Revenue growth (TTM) (27.62%) 11.36% 6.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.77% (6.81%) 29.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 19.34% 2.30% 9.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (4.59%) 0.00%

Health

Metric MRNA RPRX Biotechnology median
Debt to equity 0.09 0.88 0.00
Current ratio 2.29 1.29 4.89
Net debt to EBITDA 1.77 5.22 1.01

Dividend

Metric MRNA RPRX Biotechnology median
Dividend yield — 1.37% 0.41%
Payout ratio — 0.66 —

Size

Metric MRNA RPRX Biotechnology median
Market cap 96.40b 38.95b 172.11m

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