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ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACAD)

NASDAQ / Healthcare / Biotechnology

Share price

19.71 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

3.39B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2025, filed Feb 26, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
16, FY2009 to FY2025
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on equity

31.9% Computed

From the FY2025 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

8.50x Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

3.1% Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2016 Revenue: 17.3M USDFY2016 Net income: -271.4M USDFY2017 Revenue: 124.9M USDFY2017 Net income: -289.4M USDFY2018 Revenue: 223.8M USDFY2018 Net income: -245.2M USDFY2019 Revenue: 339.1M USDFY2019 Net income: -235.3M USDFY2020 Revenue: 441.8M USDFY2020 Net income: -281.6M USDFY2021 Revenue: 484.1M USDFY2021 Net income: -167.9M USDFY2022 Revenue: 517.2M USDFY2022 Net income: -216.0M USDFY2023 Revenue: 726.4M USDFY2023 Net income: -61.3M USDFY2024 Revenue: 957.8M USDFY2024 Net income: 226.5M USDFY2025 Revenue: 1.07B USDFY2025 Net income: 391.0M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 8.50x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2025 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits below the lowest.

Today, against the Biotechnology industry (53 companies), 8.50x sits at the 42nd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 4.71x to 41.19x.

Is it good

Return on equity was 31.9% in FY2025, in the band labelled "Exceptional, check the leverage" (25.0% and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting high returns on shareholders' money, which leverage can also produce.

Today, against the Biotechnology industry (494 companies), 31.9% sits at the 97th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -146.9% to -28.9%.

Is it safe

Current ratio was 3.83 in FY2025, in the band labelled "At or above Graham's requirement" (2.00 and above), on lines anchored on Graham's defensive-investor criteria, suggesting short-term assets well above short-term obligations.

Today, against the Biotechnology industry (556 companies), 3.83 sits at the 42nd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 2.39 to 9.18.

Year by year against peers
Whether ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s return on equity stayed above the median of the Biotechnology industry, year by year. (FY2018 to FY2025, 8 fiscal years of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2016 to FY2025, 10 filed years of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
What could explain it
What in ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (7 readings drawn from the statement lines ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc., and where in its filings. (6 questions for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (10 of sixteen figures read for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.)

These are ACAD’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2025 annual report: 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-072519.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax
Why n/a

The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Return on equity31.9% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Return on capital employed, pre-tax8.1% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Return on assets25.0% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Gross margin91.7% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Operating margin9.8% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Net margin36.5% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
ACAD 36.5%
ARQT -4.3%HRMY 18.3%TARS -14.7%ADMA 28.8%PTCT 39.4%
-14.7%39.4%
Net margin: ACAD against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity
Why n/a

The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Current ratio3.83 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Quick ratio3.43 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Interest coverage
Why n/a

No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Altman Z-score5.85 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Net debt
Why n/a

The FY2025 balance sheet carries no net debt we could read.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Total assets 1.56BTotal liabilities 336.8MShareholders' equity 1.23BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2025, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519).

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets1.56B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026
Total liabilities336.8M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026
Shareholders' equity1.23B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026
Cash819.7M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026
Total debtn/a FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026
Net debtn/a
Current ratio3.83
Debt to equityn/a
  • Debt to equity: FY2025: The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
  • Interest cover: FY2025: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings8.50x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
P/E on trailing twelve months8.35x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book2.73x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Price to sales3.13x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Enterprise value to EBIT
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Diluted earnings per share2.30 USD FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Graham number19.42 USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value ACAD on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc: valuation
Share price19.71 USD
Market capitalisation3.39B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/a
Graham number19.42 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20252.30 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 8.35x, median 16.02x, high 87.84x, latest 8.35x. 548 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 1,973 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc

  1. Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (ARQT)Market cap 3.66B USD
  2. Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (HRMY)Market cap 2.23B USD
  3. Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (TARS)Market cap 3.32B USD
  4. ADMA Biologics, Inc. (ADMA)Market cap 2.41B USD
  5. PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTCT)Market cap 5.09B USD

Same industry (Biotechnology) and size band (Mid, 2B to 10B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield3.1% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Free cash flow105.1M USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Free cash flow margin9.8% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Dividend yield
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Payout ratio
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
FY2016 Free cash flow: -209.9M USDFY2016 Net income: -271.4M USDFY2017 Free cash flow: -218.6M USDFY2017 Net income: -289.4M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: -169.6M USDFY2018 Net income: -245.2M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: -152.3M USDFY2019 Net income: -235.3M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: -143.8M USDFY2020 Net income: -281.6M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: -126.8M USDFY2021 Net income: -167.9M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: -114.0M USDFY2022 Net income: -216.0M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 16.7M USDFY2023 Net income: -61.3M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 157.2M USDFY2024 Net income: 226.5M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 105.1M USDFY2025 Net income: 391.0M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
8.50xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
2.73xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/a Enterprise value is the market value plus total debt less cash, and the filed balance sheet reports no debt total or no cash.
3.1%FY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2025Feb 26, 2026
n/a The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
n/aFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/a The filed cash flow statement reports no dividend paid at all. That is not the same as a filed zero, and we will not read it as one.
n/aFY2025Feb 26, 2026
n/a The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
3.83FY2025Feb 26, 2026
3.13xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/a This figure compares a year against the one before it, and we hold one filed year for this company.
5.85FY2025Oct 15, 2026
-0.69FY2025Feb 26, 2026
5/9FY2025Feb 26, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2025, the newest full year on file. 16 filed fiscal years on record, FY2009 to FY2025, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2016 to FY2025, read from the annual reports ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20251.07B104.8M391.0M2.30105.1M9.8%31.9%10-K, Feb 26, 20260001193125-26-072519
FY2024957.8M230.8M226.5M1.36157.2M24.1%30.9%10-K, Feb 27, 20250000950170-25-029253
FY2023726.4M-73.4M-61.3M-0.3716.7M-10.1%-14.2%10-K, Feb 28, 20240000950170-24-021473
FY2022517.2M-223.6M-216.0M-1.34-114.0M-43.2%-53.9%10-K, Feb 28, 20230000950170-23-004757
FY2021484.1M-170.4M-167.9M-1.05-126.8M-35.2%-31.0%10-K, Mar 1, 20220000950170-22-002392
FY2020441.8M-286.6M-281.6M-1.79-143.8M-64.9%-44.9%10-K, Feb 25, 20210001564590-21-008372
FY2019339.1M-246.5M-235.3M-1.60-152.3M-72.7%-33.6%10-K, Feb 27, 20200001564590-20-006889
FY2018223.8M-247.4M-245.2M-1.94-169.6M-110.6%-51.2%10-K, Feb 27, 20190001564590-19-004596
FY2017124.9M-292.4M-289.4M-2.36-218.6M-234.1%-86.3%10-K, Feb 27, 20180001564590-18-003526
FY201617.3M-272.8M-271.4M-2.34-209.9M-1574.1%-52.4%10-K, Feb 28, 20170001564590-17-002866
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 58.1%
  • Earnings: Earnings was not positive in both 2016 and 2025, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Earnings per share: Earnings per share was not positive in both 2016 and 2025, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Free cash flow: Free cash flow was not positive in both 2016 and 2025, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-0.69 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Piotroski F-score5/9 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2026, 0001193125-26-072519
Named tests met3 of 30 Computed
Beta1.16 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 3 met, 19 not met, 8 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman)
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Not measured
Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; EV/EBITDA and coverage; ROIC at or above WACC; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Cash-covered dividend; Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(12)
  • Debt to Equity: The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
  • EV/EBIT: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Return on Invested Capital: The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
  • PEG Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Eps Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • EV/EBITDA: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Interest Coverage: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.
  • Dividend Yield: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Payout Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • ROIC-WACC Spread: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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Next step

What to do with what you have read.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 12 figures could not be read on this company, among them Debt to Equity, EV/EBIT, Return on Invested Capital. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 8 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

And the one that is true of all of it: This is what the numbers say today. It cannot tell you the day one of them stops being true. Nothing here can, because the reasons are not written down.

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