Drug development, both a lucrative and a risky segment. Royalty Pharma plc (NASDAQ: RPRX) offers a middle ground for its investors.
The Company was founded in 1996 and went public in June last year.
Shares of Royalty Pharma (NASDAQ:RPRX) rose 3.8% in pre-market trading after the company reported Q2 results.
Quarterly Results
Earnings per share were down 26.26% year over year to $0.73, which beat the estimate of $0.69.
Royalty Pharma (NASDAQ:RPRX) reported quarterly sales of $555.00 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $483.42 million by 14.81 percent. This is a 8.61 percent increase over sales of $511.00 million the
Biopharma stocks ended higher for the week ending Aug. 6, as the sector latched on to the optimism that was evident in the broader markets. Earnings continued to flow in, triggering stock-specific moves, while clinical readouts also moved stocks during the week.
Royalty Pharma (NASDAQ:RPRX) showed a loss in earnings since Q4, totaling $229.30 million. Sales, on the other hand, increased by 0.18% to $573.03 million during Q1. Royalty Pharma reached earnings of $314.06 million and sales of $572.00 million in Q4.