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Earnings call · FY2026 Q1

UNITED THERAPEUTICS Corp Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

UNITED THERAPEUTICS Corp Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded May 6, 2026
May 6, 2026 39 turns
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FY2026 Q1
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

United Therapeutics reported Q1 2026 total revenues of $781.5 million, down 2% year-over-year, with Tyvaso DPI up 9% but nebulized Tyvaso, Remodulin, and Unituxin declining. The quarter was highlighted by positive Phase III readouts from the ADVANCE OUTCOMES (ralinepag in PAH) and TETON-1 (Tyvaso in IPF) studies, along with the announcement of a new inhaled ralinepag DPI (RALDPI) program.

Tyvaso/TETON for IPF 77 Ralinepag Phase III outcomes in PAH 60 New RALDPI inhaled product launch 42 Pipeline expansion across indications 27 Revenue growth and outlook 9 Manufacturing capacity and supply 6

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +88 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “United Therapeutics is doing incredibly well—it is hard to imagine any other mid-cap biotech right now with prospects as good as ours.”
  • “Wow, that's got to sink in. I personally have not seen anything like that from a single pharma company, all accomplished within six months.”
  • “this will be our biggest product ever.”
  • “Hence, I fully expect within two years of launch it will double our number of PAH patients to over 30,000 total.”

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Revenue $781.50M -1.6% YoY
Diluted EPS $5.82 -12.2% YoY
Gross margin 82.9% -5.5 pp YoY
Net income $274.90M -14.7% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Tyvaso DPI revenue grew 9% year-over-year to $330.3 million, driven by higher quantities sold and a price increase.
  • Orenitram revenue grew 12% year-over-year to $135.6 million on increased quantities sold.
  • Phase III ADVANCE OUTCOMES trial of ralinepag in PAH hit all primary endpoints with p-value <0.0001, showing a threefold reduction in disease progression vs. background therapy and better hazard ratios than selexipag through four years.
  • Phase III TETON-1 trial of Tyvaso in IPF improved FVC by over 100 mL, a gain the company says exceeds the three existing IPF drugs.
  • Announced a new development program, ralinepag DPI ('RALDPI'), using MannKind's DPI technology, which management described as potentially the company's biggest product ever and expected to add significant incremental capacity needs at Danbury and a new North Carolina DPI facility.
  • Management guided that the Tyvaso and ralinepag franchises are each expected to exceed current total revenues, with a revenue run rate rising from $3 billion to $4 billion by end of 2027.

Risks & pressure points

  • Total revenues declined 2% year-over-year to $781.5 million from $794.4 million, and net income fell 15% to $274.9 million (diluted EPS down 12% to $5.82).
  • Nebulized Tyvaso revenue fell 22% to $127.2 million due to lower U.S. quantities sold, with management citing severe winter weather and pharmacy operations issues that slowed starts, particularly in February.
  • Remodulin revenue declined 8% to $126.6 million on lower quantities sold.
  • Unituxin revenue declined 8% to $53.6 million and Adcirca revenue fell 52% to $2.9 million.
  • Competitive landscape in inhaled prostacyclins remains dynamic, requiring sharper execution to return to sequential revenue growth.

Key moments

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“I personally have not seen anything like that from a single pharma company, all accomplished within six months. The two diseases we will be the best therapeutic for based on the completed Phase III trials are IPF with Tyvaso and PAH with ralinepag. Each of the two products will exceed our total revenues of today, a revenue run rate of $3 billion going to $4 billion by the end of 2027.” Martine Rothblatt, CEO
“We remain confident that our business is positioned to deliver sustained double-digit long-term growth.” Michael Benkowitz, COO

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · regions

United States$744.20M -0.7% YoY
Non Us$37.30M -16.7% YoY

Capital returned

Buybacks
$1.50B
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