Regeneron Pharmaceuticals key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had return on equity of 14.9%, an operating margin of 24.9%, debt equal to 6.4% of equity and a current ratio of 4.13. 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 95.4% | 93.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | −19.5% | −21.2% | −46.0% | 33.2% | 35.3% | 29.2% | 30.5% | 27.4% | 35.4% | 49.3% | 33.7% | 42.1% | 55.7% | 38.9% | 30.9% | 28.1% | 24.9% | 28.8% |
| Net margin | −17.9% | −22.8% | −49.7% | 54.4% | 19.7% | 12.0% | 15.5% | 18.4% | 20.4% | 47.5% | 32.3% | 41.3% | 50.2% | 35.6% | 30.1% | 31.1% | 31.4% | 28.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −44.1% | −0.1% | −44.6% | −9.0% | 20.5% | 14.9% | 15.9% | 20.0% | 17.6% | 35.2% | 30.5% | 23.6% | 40.6% | 36.3% | 29.5% | 25.8% | 28.4% | 22.6% |
| Return on equity | −17.1% | −22.6% | −43.8% | 86.1% | 25.7% | 15.0% | 20.5% | 22.1% | 22.6% | 32.8% | 21.3% | 31.8% | 54.2% | 20.9% | 16.3% | 16.0% | 14.9% | 14.9% |
| Return on assets | −9.2% | −11.4% | −18.4% | 44.1% | 16.4% | 10.0% | 13.5% | 14.2% | 15.2% | 23.8% | 15.9% | 22.0% | 37.9% | 15.9% | 12.7% | 12.5% | 11.5% | 11.3% |
| Asset turnover | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.77 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.75 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.40 |
| Current ratio | 4.55 | 3.28 | 4.49 | 7.37 | 6.01 | 3.18 | 3.59 | 2.56 | 3.82 | 4.47 | 3.67 | 3.63 | 3.56 | 5.06 | 5.69 | 4.73 | 4.13 | 3.35 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 56.6% | 23.6% | 16.3% | 6.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 17.9% | 10.5% | 8.7% | 7.6% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 5.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | 10.1x | 16.0x | 22.0x | 87.9x | 184.8x | 82.9x | 89.9x | 73.2x | 62.9x | 156.1x | 79.8x | 55.4x | 72.3x | 81.7x | 104.2x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | 40.6% | 55.6% | 48.1% | 32.7% | 42.3% | 4.3% | 12.9% | 7.8% | 13.4% | 10.7% | 5.9% | 7.7% | 13.9% | 15.3% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 105.1% | 106.6% | 118.8% | 45.4% | 40.9% | 45.1% | 39.5% | 42.2% | 35.3% | 28.5% | 37.4% | 31.2% | 17.8% | 29.5% | 33.8% | 36.1% | 40.8% | 39.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 14.0% | 14.2% | 26.3% | 15.3% | 16.5% | 18.4% | 20.4% | 24.2% | 22.5% | 21.9% | 20.5% | 15.8% | 11.4% | 17.4% | 20.1% | 20.8% | 18.8% | 16.4% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 25.7% | 21.7% | 12.8% | 3.6% | 7.4% | 11.8% | 16.5% | 10.5% | 4.6% | 7.4% | 6.6% | 7.2% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 5.5% | 5.3% | 6.3% | 6.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | −16.5% | 104.5% | 124.0% | 102.6% | 108.8% | 86.3% | 74.1% | 94.5% | 57.0% | 80.9% | 102.0% | 98.0% | 83.0% | 90.6% | 79.4% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.2% | 8.0% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 13.8% | 291.8% | 25.2% | 47.1% | 57.7% | 71.0% | 93.3% | 89.3% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.1% | 19.5% | 29.4% | 27.4% | 22.7% | 17.8% | 30.1% | 40.0% |
| Net margin | 24.2% | 26.7% | 37.9% | 38.9% | 21.7% | 20.2% | 30.2% | 38.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 28.1% | 26.9% | 25.2% | 37.8% | 23.7% | 23.5% | 13.3% | 29.0% |
| Current ratio | 4.73 | 4.93 | 4.60 | 4.06 | 4.13 | 3.56 | 3.34 | 3.35 |
| Debt to equity | 6.8% | 6.8% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 5.9% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 37.3% | 43.8% | 38.7% | 39.3% | 41.9% | 42.8% | 38.0% | 35.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 20.9% | 20.9% | 17.3% | 17.5% | 20.0% | 18.0% | 15.4% | 13.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $20.8bn of assets due within a year against $6.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $20.8bn short-term assets against $4.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $3.7bn of cash against $2.0bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 6% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 10% to 6% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $4.8bn of operating cash flow against $2.0bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $4.9bn against $47m of interest.
Moat
Strong moat
How hard Regeneron Pharmaceuticals'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 20 / 20
Net income has been a median 15.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 20 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 34.1%; its worst year was 25.9%.
- Cash conversion 20 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 27.6% of revenue.
- Discipline 12 / 20
The diluted share count fell 4.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 6.7% 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 (90 before it).
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