median 24% — gross profit as a share of total assets, each member's median across its readable years; read on 107 of 213 members
Capital intensity
median 3.5% — capital expenditure as a share of revenue, each member's median across its readable years; read on 187 of 213 members
Net cash
148 of the 209 members with a readable debt line hold more cash and short-term investments than total debt
Figures describe the list as a group, from each member's own filed record; they name no
member and form no rank. A member missing an input is absent from that median, never counted
against the others.
From the latest filings · data as of July 9, 2026.
Takeda is Japan's largest pharmaceutical company and a global biopharmaceutical maker. It discovers, manufactures, and sells branded, patent-protected prescription medicines, reaching patients through doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, and health systems worldwide. It earns its money by spending heavily on research and acquisitions to build a portfolio of drugs, then selling the ones that win approval at high margins for as long as their patents and exclusivity hold.
An asset-light business: the value sits in intellectual property and people, not plant, so the question is how durable the advantage is, not how high the margin.
An asset-light business: the value sits in intellectual property and people, not plant, so the question is how durable the advantage is, not how high the margin.
Daiichi Sankyo is a Japanese pharmaceutical company. It discovers, develops, makes, and sells prescription medicines, selling to the doctors and hospitals that prescribe them and to the governments and insurers that mostly foot the bill. Making the pill costs little; the money rides on owning patented drugs that rivals are not permitted to copy.
AbbVie discovers, makes, and sells branded prescription medicines, with leadership positions it claims across immunology, neuroscience, oncology, and aesthetics. Doctors prescribe the drugs to patients, but the bills are paid mostly by insurers, large institutional purchasers, and government health programs. The money comes from medicines protected by patents and priced well above what they cost to manufacture.
Abbott sells a broad, mixed line of healthcare products: medical devices, diagnostic tests and the instruments that run them, nutrition for infants and adults, and branded generic medicines marketed mostly outside the United States in emerging markets. The buyers are hospitals, labs, doctors, pharmacies, and ordinary people around the world. It makes its money the way a brand maker does — selling many small, repeat-purchase items under trusted names, often with a device or analyzer that pulls a stream of consumables behind it.
We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on turning scientific promise into meaningful innovation that makes the difference for underserved neurological and rare disease communities around the world.
Immune is a leading, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a portfolio of programs strategically focused on pioneering Precision Medicine for neurodegenerative diseases.
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel small and large molecule product candidates for immuno-inflammatory diseases.
ADC Therapeutics is a commercial-stage global pioneer in the field of antibody drug conjugates, transforming treatment for patients through our focused portfolio with ZYNLONTA, a CD19-directed ADC.
We are a biopharmaceutical company focusing on developing, manufacturing, and commercializing technically challenging generic and proprietary injectable, inhalation, and intranasal products, as well as active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API products.
Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a diversified, global biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes a diverse portfolio of essential medicines.
Aquestive is a pharmaceutical company advancing medicines to bring meaningful improvement to patients' lives through innovative science and delivery technologies.
We are a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs.
We are a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing treatments for dermatological diseases with high unmet medical needs.
Our Focus - PROTAC Degradation and its Potential Benefits Our disciplined target selection and proprietary discovery platform aim to enable the rational design of innovative degrader medicines across major protein classes.
We are a biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics targeting serious viral diseases with the potential to improve the lives of patients worldwide.
AtaiBeckley is a clinical-stage biotechnology company on a mission to create breakthroughs for people with difficult-to-treat mental health conditions.
We are a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company leveraging our deep understanding of antiviral drug development, medicinal chemistry, biochemistry and virology to discover, develop and commercialize novel, orally administered antivirals to treat serious viral diseases.
We are a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of innovative medicines for people impacted by central nervous system conditions.
BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. is a commercial-stage, multi-product biopharmaceutical company organized around a portfolio operating model to discover, develop, and deliver medicines for patients with genetic diseases.
We are a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a novel class of medicines, which we refer to as Bicycle molecules, for diseases that are underserved by existing therapeutics.
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic product candidates for metabolic diseases by targeting the biology of human aging.
BioMarin is a leading, global rare disease biotechnology company focused on delivering medicines for people living with genetically defined conditions.
Bristol-Myers Squibb discovers, develops, and makes branded prescription medicines for serious diseases. It sells these drugs worldwide, principally through wholesalers, distributors, and specialty pharmacies, who in turn supply the retailers, hospitals, and clinics that reach patients. The money is made on patent-protected drugs that, for a stretch of years, no one else is allowed to copy.
Our company is a biotechnology company that is the result of a reverse recapitalization transaction with a private company named Crescent Biopharma, Inc.
Connect Biopharma, headquartered in San Diego, California, is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming care for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
We are a commercial-stage company engaged in the discovery and development of medications to treat severe endocrinologic, oncologic, metabolic and neurologic disorders by modulating the effects of the hormone cortisol.
Helpson manufactures pharmaceutical products in the form of dry powder injectables, liquid injectables, tablets, capsules, and cephalosporin oral solutions.
CorMedix Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic products for life-threatening diseases and conditions.
We are establishing a highly specialized and focused commercial organization, including sales, marketing and market access expertise to support the launch of PALSONIFY in the U.S.
We are a clinical-stage, oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative therapies to address major unmet need in oncology.
We are a leading global provider of integrated, temperature-controlled supply chain solutions for the life sciences, with a strong focus on supporting the rapidly growing cell and gene therapy market.
We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel muscle activators and muscle inhibitors as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which muscle performance is compromised and/or declining.
Our lead candidate DM199, is the first pharmaceutically active recombinant form of the human tissue kallikrein-1 protein to be clinically studied in patients and has been granted Fast Track Designation by the U.S.
We are a global life sciences company focused on providing innovative preparedness and response solutions addressing accidental, deliberate and naturally occurring Public Health Threats.
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated is a global leader in animal health, dedicated to innovating and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.
We are a biotechnology company that uses our robust, chemistry-driven approach and drug discovery capabilities to discover and develop small molecule drugs for virology and immunology indications.
Fortress Biotech, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring and advancing assets to enhance long-term value for shareholders through product revenue, equity holding and dividend and royalty revenue streams.
We are a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of small-molecule therapies for the treatment of organ fibrosis and inflammatory diseases.
We are a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of patients with cancer and immunological diseases.
We are a leading provider of ophthalmic disease management solutions in North America, and were founded with a commitment to deliver safe, effective, accessible, and affordable medications that enhance patient compliance and improve clinical outcomes.
MindWalk Holdings Corp. is a leading AI-driven biotherapeutic research and technology firm, distinguished by its proficiency in both in silico and wet lab methodologies.
We are a biopharmaceutical company applying our proprietary technologies to discover, develop and commercialize first-in-class, highly potent and specific inhibitors of the complement activation factor known as C5a and its receptor C5aR.
InterCure has 13 direct subsidiaries: Canndoc's operations are focused on the production, manufacturing, exporting and distribution of pharmaceutical-grade cannabis and cannabis-based products for medical use.
We are a people-first global biopharmaceutical company striving to deliver first- and best-in-class therapies to transform the lives of patients facing serious diseases.
Innoviva Inc. is a diversified biopharmaceutical company with a core royalties portfolio, a leading critical care and infectious disease platform known as Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics, and a portfolio of strategic healthcare assets.
Opus Genetics Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing gene therapies to restore vision and prevent blindness in patients with inherited retinal diseases, and other types of therapies for additional ophthalmic disorders.
We are a biotechnology company developing and commercializing life-changing therapies for people living with gastrointestinal, or GI, and rare diseases.
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative medicines for patients living with serious chronic diseases and significant unmet needs.
We are an innovative clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a broad pipeline of novel immunotherapies by applying our proprietary technologies to our Tumor Activated T Cell Engager, Tumor Activated Immunomodulator, and Adaptive Immune Response Modulator platforms.
Johnson & Johnson researches, makes and sells a broad range of healthcare products worldwide. One half of the business, Innovative Medicine, discovers and sells patent-protected prescription drugs; the other half, MedTech, makes the devices and instruments that surgeons and hospitals use. The customers are patients and doctors, but the bills are paid by the hospitals, insurers and governments standing behind them.
We are a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing novel therapies for diseases with unmet need, with a focus on cardiovascular indications.
Owner earnings 2021–2025($127M)$6M$13M$25M$136M
Retained capitalRetained $55M of earnings over 2021–2025; annual owner earnings grew $94M, $1.70 per $1 retained.
Kazia Therapeutics Limited is an emerging oncology-focused biotechnology company that has a portfolio of development candidates, diversified across several distinct technologies, with the potential to yield first-in-class and best-in-class agents in a range of oncology indications.
We are a biopharmaceutical royalty company focused on deploying capital and licensing technologies to acquire and create diversified royalty streams from high-value medicines.
Eli Lilly discovers, develops, makes, and sells prescription medicines, run as a single business — human pharmaceuticals. Its products span several therapeutic areas, among them cardiometabolic treatments including insulin. It manufactures in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and in Europe and Asia, and earns its money selling branded drugs that carry patent protection.
We are a biopharmaceutical company driven by science and compassion to revolutionize care for patients with challenging respiratory and vascular diseases such as pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease.
Our solutions selectively remove non-viable hazardous tissue while preserving healthy tissue, offering a safer and more effective alternative to traditional methods.
Merck is a pharmaceutical company. It discovers, makes, and sells prescription medicines — including biologic therapies and vaccines — for human disease, and it sells animal health products as well. It markets these mostly to drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies, and earns its keep on patent-protected branded drugs that command a price the underlying chemistry does not.
Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc. is a life sciences company providing critical products and services to enable the development of drugs, therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics, and support research on human disease.
We are a late-stage biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to improve patient care in populations with cardiometabolic diseases where currently approved therapies have not been adequate or well tolerated.
We are a late-stage biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to improve patient care in populations with cardiometabolic diseases where currently approved therapies have not been adequate or well tolerated.
We are a late-stage clinical biotechnology company focused on re-inventing medicine by building new therapies atom by atom, developing widely applicable, first-in-class, physics-based nanotherapeutics to transform treatment outcomes and expand life for millions of patients.
Nektar Therapeutics is a clinical stage, research-based drug discovery biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative medicines in the field of immunotherapy.
We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted protein degradation medicines, the next frontier in innovative drug design aimed at improving treatment options for patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases.
We are a global oncology company focused on tackling some of the toughest challenges in cancer treatment with the goal of developing therapies that create a profound, positive impact on patients' lives.
Novo Nordisk makes and sells prescription medicines for diabetes and obesity, the two conditions its business has been built around since it began making insulin. Its patients and their prescribing doctors take the drug, but the bills are settled by payers who negotiate the price down through rebates. It earns its keep by turning patented medicine into something that costs little to manufacture relative to what those payers reimburse.
Omeros Corporation is an innovative, commercial-stage biotechnology company that discovers and develops first-in-class protein and small-molecule therapeutics for large-market and orphan indications, with particular emphasis on complement-mediated diseases, cancers, and addictive or compulsive disorders.
We are a pharmaceutical company engaged in the research and development of innovative pharmaceutical solutions with a technology platform that allows for the oral delivery of therapeutic proteins.
We are a biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes innovative products to enhance cancer care and improve treatment outcomes for patients.
Pfizer is a drugmaker. It discovers, manufactures, and sells branded prescription medicines and vaccines, moving them to patients mainly through wholesalers and pharmacy chains. Nearly all of its money comes from selling those products, with a thin slice from royalties on medicines others sell.
We are a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in the advancement of innovative precision medicines to improve the lives of patients.
Pharming Group is a global biotechnology company that develops and commercializes innovative therapies for rare and ultra-rare diseases with significant unmet need.
Perrigo is a leading pure-play self-care company with more than a century of providing high-quality health and wellness solutions to meet the evolving needs of consumers.
Prelude is a precision oncology company built on a foundation of drug discovery excellence to deliver novel precision cancer medicines to underserved patients.
Prothena Corporation plc is a late-stage clinical biotechnology company with expertise in protein dysregulation with the potential to change the course of devastating neurodegenerative and rare peripheral amyloid diseases.
We are a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated medicines for children and adults living with rare disorders.
We are a leader in the field of gene therapy, seeking to deliver to patients suffering from rare and other devastating diseases single treatments with potentially curative results.
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., we or the Company, is a biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing novel products to patients for the treatment of serious rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases.
We are a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing differentiated molecules for patients with cancer and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
Dr. Reddy's makes medicines — in large part generic copies of drugs whose patents have lapsed, along with the active ingredients that go into them. It sells through wholesalers, pharmacy chains, and group purchasing organizations, with the United States a major market and India both its home market and its low-cost manufacturing base. The money comes from making a pill cheaply and selling it for more, with research, plant, and regulatory costs sitting in between.
Regeneron is a biotechnology company that discovers, makes, and sells prescription medicines for serious illnesses — among them eye disease, inflammatory and allergic disease, cancer, and heart disease. It earns money two ways: selling its own drugs to a small set of large buyers, and sharing the profit on drugs marketed alongside partners, which is why a large slice of revenue arrives as collaboration income rather than direct product sales. A handful of branded medicines carry most of the weight.
We are a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and providing novel therapies that significantly improve the lives of patients with hematologic disorders and cancer.
Roivant is a biopharmaceutical company that aims to improve the lives of patients by accelerating the development and commercialization of medicines that matter.
Royalty market, collaborating with innovators from academic institutions, research hospitals and not-for-profits through small and mid-cap biotechnology companies to leading global pharmaceutical companies.
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a new era of GPCR oral small molecule drug discovered powered by our proprietary Native Complex Platform .
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics called fatty acid synthase inhibitors that target dysfunctional metabolic and fibrotic pathways in diseases resulting from the overproduction of the fatty acid, palmitate.
We are a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel molecules incorporating short interfering ribonucleic acid, or siRNA, to inhibit the expression of specific target genes thought to play a role in the pathology of diseases with significant unmet medical need.
We are a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on helping patients through the discovery and development of unique RNA-targeted therapeutics, siRNA knockdown therapies, gene therapy and other genetic therapeutic modalities for the treatment of rare diseases.
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of potentially first-in-class monoclonal and bispecific Death Receptor 3 blocking antibodies for the treatment of patients with inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases.
Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products for the treatment of central nervous system diseases.
Savara, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, which include Aravas Inc. and Savara ApS, operate in one segment with its principal office in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, though a majority of our employees work remotely.
Accordingly, Takeda presents both types of measures to provide investors with additional information to analyze Takeda's results of operations and financial condition and understand how Takeda's management assesses the same.
Therapeutics is a fully integrated, commercial stage, biotechnology company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of novel treatments for B-cell diseases.
We are a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in San Diego, California, focused on identifying, developing and delivering life-changing therapies to people living with rare kidney and metabolic diseases.
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. develops and manufactures high-quality nutritional supplements, functional foods and personal care products that are sold throughout the world.
We market and sell the following commercial therapies in the United States to treat PAH: Tyvaso DPI Inhalation Powder; Tyvaso Inhalation Solution, which includes the Tyvaso Inhalation System; Remodulin Injection; and the Remunity and RemunityPRO Pumps for Remodulin; Orenitram Extended-Release Tablets; and Adcirca Tablets.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a leading global biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies to address high unmet medical needs and improve the lives of patients.
We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing potential best-in-class medicines for serious and rare diseases.
Vertex is a drug company. It discovers, makes, and sells prescription medicines, and the heart of the business is a set of treatments for cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease, sold to the patients who carry it through their doctors and paid for largely by the insurers and health plans that cover them. It earns its money the way a branded drugmaker does: a medicine costs a great deal to invent and prove out, then very little to manufacture once approved, so nearly all the revenue from each prescription drops toward profit while the patent holds.
We market AVMAPKI FAKZYNJA CO-PACK in the United States, the first treatment specifically FDA-approved for adults with KRAS-mutated recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer who have received prior systemic therapy.
Viatris' executive management team is focused on ensuring that the Company is optimally structured and efficiently resourced to deliver sustainable value to patients, shareholders, customers and other key stakeholders.
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on unlocking the broad potential of ribonucleic acid medicines, or those targeting RNA, to transform human health.
We are a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapies for people with chronic endocrine and neurological diseases in the United States.
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing engineered antibody therapeutics to treat patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases, who have unmet medical needs.
We do this by providing capital in exchange for the economic rights to future milestone and royalty payments associated with clinical candidates and approved products.
We do this by providing capital in exchange for the economic rights to future milestone and royalty payments associated with clinical candidates and approved products.
We do this by providing capital in exchange for the economic rights to future milestone and royalty payments associated with clinical candidates and approved products.
We are a clinical stage global biopharmaceutical company committed to being a leader in the development and commercialization of transformative immunology-based therapies for patients in need.
We are a patient-focused, innovative, commercial-stage, global biopharmaceutical company with a substantial presence in both Greater China and the United States.
Zoetis Inc. is a global leader in the animal health industry, focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and commercialization of medicines, vaccines, diagnostic products and services, biodevices, genetic tests and precision animal health.
Zymeworks is a global biotechnology company managing a portfolio of licensed healthcare assets and developing a diverse pipeline of novel, multifunctional biotherapeutics to improve the standard of care for difficult-to-treat conditions, including cancer, inflammation, and autoimmune disease.
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