Incyte key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Incyte had return on equity of 29.9%, an operating margin of 29.5%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 3.32. 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 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94.7% | 94.8% | 95.0% | 94.7% | 95.1% | 94.9% | 93.9% | 93.1% | 92.6% | 92.8% | 92.7% |
| Operating margin | <−999% | 8.3% | −151.6% | 0.4% | −4.5% | −0.9% | 6.7% | 13.1% | −15.8% | 6.9% | 18.6% | −9.9% | 19.6% | 17.1% | 16.8% | 1.4% | 29.5% | 10.4% |
| Net margin | <−999% | −18.7% | −197.5% | −14.9% | −23.4% | −9.5% | 0.9% | 9.4% | −20.4% | 5.8% | 20.7% | −11.1% | 31.8% | 10.0% | 16.2% | 0.8% | 25.0% | 6.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 129.2% | 55.2% | −175.2% | −32.9% | 1.4% | −0.3% | 8.4% | 16.7% | −13.3% | 14.0% | 29.3% | −11.7% | 19.0% | 26.3% | 13.4% | 7.9% | 27.5% | 12.4% |
| Return on equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.6% | 35.3% | −30.5% | 6.2% | 19.8% | −11.4% | 29.7% | 8.4% | 12.5% | 0.8% | 29.9% | 7.5% |
| Return on assets | — | −6.5% | −45.6% | −13.4% | −17.3% | −6.8% | 0.7% | 7.9% | −15.9% | 4.4% | 14.7% | −8.5% | 22.3% | 6.3% | 9.5% | 0.5% | 20.7% | 5.7% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.90 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.83 | 0.84 |
| Current ratio | — | 4.01 | 2.29 | 2.27 | 5.14 | 3.07 | 5.01 | 3.63 | 4.01 | 4.31 | 4.83 | 3.74 | 3.65 | 3.54 | 3.75 | 1.97 | 3.32 | 3.84 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | 438.1% | 178.8% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | 0.3x | n/m | 0.0x | n/m | n/m | 1.1x | 3.7x | n/m | 83.7x | — | n/m | — | — | — | 26.9x | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.6% | 3.0% | — | 5.1% | 8.2% | — | — | 35.6% | 28.4% | 89.7% | 22.7% | 49.3% |
| R&D as % of revenue | >999% | 72.9% | 189.2% | 70.8% | 73.4% | 67.9% | 63.6% | 52.6% | 86.3% | 63.7% | 53.5% | 83.1% | 48.8% | 46.7% | 44.0% | 61.5% | 39.9% | 57.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 297.7% | 19.0% | 61.6% | 28.7% | 31.0% | 32.4% | 26.1% | 27.4% | 23.8% | 23.1% | 21.7% | 19.4% | 24.8% | 29.5% | 31.3% | 29.3% | 26.8% | 23.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 4.2% | 2.4% | 4.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 5.4% | 3.4% | 10.9% | 7.2% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 7.0% | 6.1% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | 970.8% | 177.0% | — | 240.0% | 141.5% | — | 59.9% | 261.9% | 83.1% | >999% | 109.9% | 184.7% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 597.8% | 0.0% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 92.5% | 93.0% | 93.5% | 92.8% | 92.0% | 91.8% | 93.7% | 93.0% |
| Operating margin | 25.6% | 19.5% | 43.6% | 32.5% | 22.3% | 23.7% | 41.7% | −45.5% |
| Net margin | 17.1% | 15.0% | 33.3% | 31.1% | 19.9% | 23.8% | 35.0% | −50.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 32.3% | 25.3% | 3.7% | 41.0% | 36.1% | 29.0% | 30.3% | −43.4% |
| Current ratio | 1.97 | 2.04 | 2.85 | 3.20 | 3.32 | 3.68 | 4.59 | 3.84 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 39.5% | 41.5% | 40.7% | 37.1% | 40.6% | 40.5% | 30.9% | 115.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 27.7% | 30.9% | 27.2% | 24.1% | 25.9% | 25.8% | 21.0% | 23.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $5.5bn of assets due within a year against $1.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $5.5bn short-term assets against $207m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- 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 Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $627m against $2m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Incyte'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 8 / 20
Net income has been a median 6.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 20 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 94.2%, moving by 1.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.
- Durability 3 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 12.2%; its worst year was -13.6%.
- Cash conversion 15 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 13.0% of revenue.
- Discipline 14 / 20
The diluted share count fell 7.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 6.2% 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 (59 before it).
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