Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc had return on equity of 5.9%, an operating margin of 12.7%, debt equal to 9.9% of equity and a current ratio of 5.21. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 79.7% | 81.3% | 81.0% | 81.7% | 83.9% | 83.7% | 82.9% | 81.2% | 81.6% | 78.9% | 78.9% | 71.8% | 74.5% | 76.0% | 78.0% | 79.7% | 77.7% | 76.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 0.1% | −7.7% | −22.0% | −28.4% | −12.4% | −12.4% | −71.9% | −1.1% | −8.3% | −5.9% | −2.3% | −4.5% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 17.0% | 12.7% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | −0.2% | 54.7% | −12.2% | −22.8% | −32.2% | −17.9% | −19.3% | −56.4% | −8.9% | −5.2% | −1.4% | 45.9% | −3.5% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 15.0% | 10.8% | 2.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −0.6% | −8.2% | −12.4% | −5.4% | −22.8% | −25.0% | −50.2% | −33.7% | −15.8% | −8.3% | −5.7% | −1.6% | 11.3% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 17.1% | 22.5% | 21.7% |
| Return on equity | −0.2% | 39.6% | −7.2% | −12.8% | −15.0% | −9.3% | −8.7% | −24.4% | −4.2% | −2.7% | −0.8% | 23.6% | −1.5% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 8.0% | 5.9% | 1.2% |
| Return on assets | −0.1% | 18.9% | −4.2% | −8.0% | −9.3% | −5.7% | −5.5% | −16.3% | −2.7% | −1.7% | −0.5% | 16.2% | −1.1% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 6.2% | 4.8% | 0.8% |
| Asset turnover | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.35 |
| Current ratio | 5.98 | 6.01 | 4.99 | 4.36 | 6.21 | 5.93 | 2.45 | 3.24 | 2.70 | 3.93 | 2.08 | 4.76 | 4.16 | 4.67 | 2.51 | 5.33 | 5.21 | 2.39 |
| Debt to equity | 154.3% | 52.6% | 45.1% | 34.3% | 48.9% | 42.1% | 27.6% | 24.7% | 41.8% | 29.3% | 27.9% | 26.8% | 25.8% | 23.9% | 22.2% | 10.6% | 9.9% | 67.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 1.2x | 0.1x | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 10.1x | 10.7x | 38.2x | 37.6x | 2.0x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.4% | 11.1% | 21.2% | 27.7% | 51.1% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 35.5% | 39.2% | 48.6% | 60.4% | 64.7% | 61.6% | 71.3% | 59.3% | 46.5% | 46.7% | 42.0% | 33.8% | 34.1% | 31.0% | 30.9% | 26.2% | 28.6% | 29.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 38.3% | 40.3% | 39.7% | 39.6% | 42.9% | 40.3% | 45.2% | 42.7% | 42.2% | 40.5% | 40.0% | 39.6% | 41.1% | 39.3% | 36.9% | 35.4% | 35.8% | 40.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 27.7% | 13.1% | 16.6% | 8.9% | 11.9% | 15.6% | 25.6% | 13.3% | 15.2% | 9.7% | 8.5% | 6.1% | 5.2% | 5.8% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | −14.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | −3.4% | — | 38.8% | 37.3% | 114.2% | 207.8% | >999% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 74.7% | 81.8% | 79.7% | 81.8% | 82.0% | 68.5% | 74.6% | 79.5% |
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 21.6% | 30.0% | 33.5% | −6.0% | −5.1% | 16.9% | 11.2% |
| Net margin | 14.2% | 16.7% | 24.9% | 29.1% | −4.0% | −5.3% | 13.8% | 4.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 27.2% | 22.2% | 21.2% | 20.4% | 43.8% | 6.7% | 26.1% | 14.1% |
| Current ratio | 4.27 | 5.33 | 5.52 | 5.56 | 4.83 | 5.21 | 5.81 | 2.39 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | — | 9.8% | 23.0% | 66.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 24.8% | 23.2% | 21.3% | 19.5% | 52.8% | 22.0% | 23.3% | 20.9% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 34.0% | 35.7% | 27.7% | 28.1% | 34.6% | 51.0% | 33.7% | 40.0% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $4.0bn of assets due within a year against $1.7bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $4.0bn short-term assets against $3.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $874m of cash against $4.2bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 66% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $857m of operating cash flow against $4.2bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $149m against $76m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Biomarin Pharmaceutical's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 13 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 10.3% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 19 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 78.7%, moving by 2.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 3.1%; its worst year was -17.4%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 1.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 6 / 20
The diluted share count rose 2.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 9.5% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (45 before it).
Compare with peers
- Biontech SE statistics
- United Therapeutics Corp statistics
- Neurocrine Biosciences Inc statistics
- Argenx SE statistics
- Natera, Inc. statistics
Head to head: BMRN vs BNTXBMRN vs UTHRBMRN vs NBIXARGX vs BMRN
More: Biotechnology stocks compared, Health Care sector, rankings of US companies