Moderna Inc vs Royalty Pharma plc

Moderna Inc (MRNA) is overvalued and Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) is overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. RPRX is the closer of the two: -49%, against -2452% for MRNA.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Moderna Inc (MRNA)

Its liquidation floor, current assets minus every liability, values the shares at $7.15; the price of $182.56 is 2452% above that value.

Leak Score 29/100 on 7 of 12 signals

Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $39.27; the price of $58.52 is 49% above that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 34/100 on 7 of 12 signals

MetricMRNARPRX
VerdictOvervaluedOvervalued
Price$182.56$58.52
Intrinsic value$7.15$39.27
Margin of safety-2452%-49%
Leak Score29/100 (7/12)34/100 (7/12)
Market cap$72.9B$33.7B
Revenue growth, 5 years19.3%2.3%
Operating margin-149.0%62.3%
Net margin-141.4%32.1%
Return on equity-39.0%12.4%
Debt to equity0.191.31
P/E31.1x
Forward P/E10.2x
P/B10.8x3.8x
Dividend yield1.8%

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