Acadia Pharmaceuticals Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

ACAD Stock  USD 17.05  0.03  0.18%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is 'Cautious Hold'. Macroaxis provides ACADIA Pharmaceuticals buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding ACAD positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
16.21
Target Price
31.25
Hype Value
17.05
Market Value
17.05
Naive Value
16.76
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Cautious Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Not too volatileDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Moves indifferently to market movesDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

Strong BuyDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

UnavailableDetails
For the selected time horizon ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a Mean Deviation of 1.84, Standard Deviation of 3.01 and Variance of 9.08
Our trade recommendation tool can cross-verify current analyst consensus on ACADIA Pharmaceuticals and to analyze the company potential to grow in the coming quarters. To make sure ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is not overpriced, please confirm all ACADIA Pharmaceuticals fundamentals, including its profit margin, shares owned by insiders, price to book, as well as the relationship between the current valuation and number of shares shorted . Given that ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a price to earning of (13.77) X, we suggest you to validate ACADIA Pharmaceuticals market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the coming quarters given your latest risk tolerance and investing horizon.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has high historical volatility and very poor performance
The company reported the previous year's revenue of 726.44 M. Net Loss for the year was (61.29 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 145.49 M.
Over 100.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies
Latest headline from finance.yahoo.com: Acadia Pharmaceuticals Earnings Expected to Grow Should You Buy

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use ACADIA Pharmaceuticals price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals.
Mean Return
-0.58
Value At Risk
-4.24
Potential Upside
2.65
Standard Deviation
3.01
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

ACADIA Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading ACADIA Pharmaceuticals backward and forwards among themselves. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' securities or originates loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Palo Alto Investors, Llc2023-12-31
2.4 M
First Trust Advisors L.p.2023-12-31
1.8 M
Millennium Management Llc2023-12-31
1.8 M
Emerald Advisers, Llc2023-12-31
1.6 M
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2023-12-31
1.6 M
Pictet Asset Manangement Sa2023-12-31
1.5 M
Norges Bank2023-12-31
1.4 M
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.2023-09-30
1.4 M
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2023-12-31
1.4 M
Baker Bros Advisors Lp2023-12-31
42.9 M
Vanguard Group Inc2023-12-31
13.4 M
Note, although ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Other Non Cash Items(4.6M)44.3M75K(6.3M)128.7M135.1M
Capital Expenditures2.1M1.1M7.6M1.1M40.1M42.1M
Net Income(235.3M)(281.6M)(167.9M)(216.0M)(61.3M)(64.4M)
End Period Cash Flow194.5M331.8M153.2M120.6M188.7M198.1M
Change In Cash54.9M137.3M(178.6M)(32.6M)73.8M77.5M
Free Cash Flow(152.3M)(143.8M)(126.8M)(114.0M)(23.3M)(24.5M)
Depreciation2.8M2.9M3.3M2.0M5.6M5.8M
Change To Inventory(1.7M)(3.3M)(4.2M)2.4M(28.8M)(27.4M)
Investments(164.7M)200.1M(70.0M)73.2M32.0M33.6M
Change To Netincome81.3M130.0M61.3M61.9M71.2M56.3M
Change Receivables(9.4M)(10.1M)(12.4M)(15.1M)(13.6M)(12.9M)

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to ACADIA Pharmaceuticals or Biotechnology sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a ACADIA stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over NYSE Composite
-0.65
β
Beta against NYSE Composite0.84
σ
Overall volatility
3.04
Ir
Information ratio -0.22

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Volatility Alert

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -2.94 and kurtosis of 14.48. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between ACADIA Pharmaceuticals and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as ACADIA Pharmaceuticals or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing ACADIA Pharmaceuticals by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare ACADIA Pharmaceuticals to competition
FundamentalsACADIA PharmaceuticalsPeer Average
Return On Equity-0.15-0.31
Return On Asset-0.0686-0.14
Profit Margin(0.08) %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.15 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation2.43 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding165.2 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders0.47 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions99.95 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted11.16 M4.71 M
Price To Earning(13.77) X28.72 X
Price To Book6.54 X9.51 X
Price To Sales3.89 X11.42 X
Revenue726.44 M9.43 B
Gross Profit145.49 M27.38 B
EBITDA(67.83 M)3.9 B
Net Income(61.29 M)570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents436.35 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share2.70 X5.01 X
Total Debt57.2 M5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.15 %48.70 %
Current Ratio4.53 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share2.62 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations16.7 M971.22 M
Short Ratio6.88 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share(0.37) X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth(0.42) X4.89 X
Target Price28.96
Number Of Employees59718.84 K
Beta0.39-0.15
Market Capitalization2.82 B19.03 B
Total Asset748.96 M29.47 B
Retained Earnings(2.43 B)9.33 B
Working Capital361.87 M1.48 B
Note: Disposition of 2716 shares by Mark Schneyer of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals at 17.87 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as ACADIA . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Short and Long Term Debt Total56.1M62M57.2M60.1M
Total Assets700.1M587.8M749.0M786.4M

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Is ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' industry expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals. If investors know ACADIA will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about ACADIA Pharmaceuticals listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Earnings Share
(0.37)
Revenue Per Share
4.434
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.693
Return On Assets
(0.07)
Return On Equity
(0.15)
The market value of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of ACADIA that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.