TAKTakeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

$18.54+23% 1Y

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: nothing decisive, though earnings fully cash-backed (5.0×).

1 good, 2 neutral, 1 without data
Profits arrive as cash5.00×derived · Mar 31, 2025

Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is improving vs a year ago.

Margin direction, 3 yearsStable

Operating profit is falling even as sales grow, costs are outrunning the top line.

Where ROE comes from1% ROA

A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 2% = margin × turnover × leverage.

Unless marked, from derived.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is TAK?

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited earns 2.5% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

2.5%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 6.6 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
7.5%

Operating margin · Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic median 11% · fiscal year to FY2025

Cash conversion
5.00×

Cash conversion · 4.24× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax

Share count, year on year
+1.6%

Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY20203.0%
FY202116%
FY202213%
FY202312%
FY20245.0%
FY20257.5%
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Gross marginfiscal year to FY2025
66%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2025
7.5%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2025
2.4%
Free cash flow margin
19%
R&D as % of revenue
16%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$4.58T
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$856.4B
Net income, trailing twelve months
$107.9B
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
2.5%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.