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Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Price overview

$20.68

▼ -1.50 (-6.8%)

52w hi$30.57
52w lo$20.06
Vol3.36M
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.10

Short-0.67
Medium+0.16
Long+0.52

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Healthcare · Biotechnology

Market cap$3.56B
Enterprise value$2.68B
Trailing P/E9.27x
Forward P/E23.27x
EV / EBITDA27.25x
P / S (ttm)3.11x
Profit margin33.4%
Return on equity35.7%
Revenue growth+16.4%
Earnings growth+13.3%
Debt / equity5.65

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.32
Sector+0.13
Technical-0.14
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment-0.44

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of medicines for neurological and rare disease in North America. The company offers NUPLAZID (pimavanserin), a selective serotonin inverse agonist/antagonist for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease psychosis; and DAYBUE, a novel synthetic analog of the amino-terminal tripeptide of insulin-like growth factor 1 to treat the symptoms of Rett syndrome by reducing neuroinflammation and supporting synaptic function. It also develops remlifanserin, which is in phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of alzheimer's disease psychosis and lewy body dementia psychosis; ACP-211, which is in phase 2 clinical trial to treat major depressive disorder; ACP-711, which is in phase I clinical trial for the treatment of essential tremor; and ACP-271, a GPR88 agonist for the treatment of tardive dyskinesia and huntington's disease and is in phase I trial. In addition, the company develops ACP-2591, a cGP analogue which is in Phase 1 clinical trial to treat rett syndrome and fragile X syndrome; and STOKE Antisense Oligonucleotide Program, which is in discovery program for SYNGAP1 syndrome. It has a license agreement with Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited to trofinetide for Rett syndrome and other indications; and a license and collaboration agreement with Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. to discover, develop, and commercialize novel RNA-based medicines for the potential treatment of severe and rare genetic neurodevelopmental diseases of the CNS. The company was formerly known as Receptor Technologies, Inc. and changed its name ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. in 1997. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

United States · acadia.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX0.88
Corr SPX0.32
Annual vol45.0%
Annual ret+21.0%
Sharpe0.47
Max DD-32.4%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$31.65
High / Low$45.00 / $17.00
Median$32.00
Analysts20
Strong Buy4
Buy12
Hold4
Sell1
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-05-08Citigroup→ Buy
2026-03-25B of A Securities→ Buy
2026-03-04JP Morgan→ Overweight
2026-02-26TD Cowen→ Buy
2026-02-26Stifel→ Hold
2026-02-26RBC Capital→ Outperform

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-08-04Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-05-29Officer / Director Change, Shareholder Vote…read
2026-05-06Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-05-01Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-03-05Officer / Director Changeread
2026-02-25Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-01-13Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-11-05Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-11-03Officer / Director Changeread
2025-08-06Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-06-10Other Material Eventread
2025-05-29Shareholder Voteread

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-08-06Schneyer Mark C.Officer, EVP, CHIEF FINANOption exercise14.29K$254.97K
2026-08-06Schneyer Mark C.Officer, EVP, CHIEF FINANSell5.00K$145.00K
2026-08-06Schneyer Mark C.Officer, EVP, CHIEF FINANSell9.29K$272.60K
2026-08-05Schneyer Mark C.Officer, EVP, CHIEF FINANOption exercise5.85K$104.35K
2026-08-05Schneyer Mark C.Officer, EVP, CHIEF FINANSell5.85K$169.64K
2026-07-30Thompson Elizabeth H.Z.Officer, EVP, Head of ResSell50$1.31K
2026-07-30Thompson Elizabeth H.Z.Officer, EVP, Head of ResSell16.51K$431.35K
2026-07-29Thompson Elizabeth H.Z.Officer, EVP, Head of ResOption exercise32.27K—
2026-06-26Kihara JamesOfficer, PRINCIPAL ACCOUNSell11.42K$297.91K
2026-05-29HARRIGAN EDMUNDDirectorOption exercise8.11K—

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net-$1.32M
Insider buys / sells0 / 6
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders9
Top-5 share94.8%
HHI4,283 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$229.63M9.08M
Citadel Advisors$57.76M2.28M
Renaissance Technologies$32.45M1.28M
Millennium Management$14.93M589.92K
AQR Capital Management$13.23M522.75K
Capital Research / Capital World$11.64M460.05K
Fidelity / FMR LLC$6.08M240.38K
Bridgewater Associates$1.27M50.27K
T. Rowe Price Group$5.24K207.05K

As of 2026-06-30

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-074view
2026-08-0510-Qview
2026-08-048-Kview
2026-07-314view
2026-06-294view
2026-06-024view
2026-06-014view
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2026-05-298-Kview
2026-05-274view
2026-05-0710-Qview

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$726.44M+40.2%
Gross profit$157.78M+33.2%
Operating income$104.81M+594.4%
Net income$391.00M+72.7%
Cash from ops$109.84M—

Indices

S&P SmallCap 600

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$22.21$22.21$20.61$20.683.36M
Sep 24$24.38$24.38$21.97$22.186.76M
Sep 23$26.41$26.51$24.93$25.431.31M
Sep 22$26.65$26.86$26.32$26.411.47M
Sep 21$27.43$27.43$26.34$26.401.35M

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