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Gilead Sciences earns −5.7% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
−5.7%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 15 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- −8.2%
Operating margin · Drug Manufacturers - General median 24% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −0.96%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
- R&D as % of revenue
- 20%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 16% |
| FY2021 | 36% |
| FY2022 | 27% |
| FY2023 | 28% |
| FY2024 | 5.8% |
| FY2025 | 34% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 80%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −8.2%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −11%
- Free cash flow margin
- 43%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 20%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $30.5B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $12.9B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$3.24B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- −5.7%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Drug Manufacturers - General
Ranks #6 of 16 by Smart Score