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ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$1.07B$957.8M$726.4M$517.2M$484.1M$441.8M
Operating income$104.8M$230.8M−$73.4M−$223.6M−$170.4M−$286.6M
Net income$391.0M$226.5M−$61.3M−$216.0M−$167.9M−$88.0M
Total assets$1.56B$1.19B$749.0M$587.8M$700.1M$782.6M
Total liabilities$336.8M$455.0M$317.2M$187.4M$159.2M$155.6M
Equity$1.23B$732.8M$431.8M$400.4M$540.9M$627.0M
EPS (diluted)$2.30$1.36$-0.37$-1.34$-1.05$-1.79
Shares out.166.8M164.8M162.2M161.2M160.0M155.3M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
9.8%
Net margin
36.5%
Return on equity
31.9%
Return on assets
25.0%
Return on capital (ROCE)
8.1%
Liabilities / assets
21.5%
Debt / equity
0.27×
Book value / share
$7.36
Revenue growth (YoY)
11.9%
Net income growth (YoY)
72.7%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
3.79safe
Accruals / assets
18.0%high accruals
Beneish M-Score
-1.00elevated
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
80
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 67Earnings quality 33Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

2 warning6 good
  • High accruals — earnings-quality risk
  • Beneish M-Score elevated — earnings-manipulation screen flag
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Clinical trials

ClinicalTrials.gov · ongoing · next readout first

Interventional studies led by this company. “Readout” is the trial's primary-completion date — an estimate the sponsor reports, not a guarantee.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 202611.4M5.9+2.4%
Apr 30, 202611.2M5.9+1.6%
Apr 15, 202611.0M7.4+3.2%
Mar 31, 202610.6M4.9+23.4%
Mar 13, 20268.6M5.0-9.1%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

All filings ↗
  • 4Jun 1, 2026
  • 4Jun 1, 2026
  • 4Jun 1, 2026
  • 4Jun 1, 2026
  • 4Jun 1, 2026
  • 4Jun 1, 2026
  • 8-KMay 29, 2026
  • 4May 27, 2026
  • 144May 26, 2026
  • 10-QMay 7, 2026
  • 8-KMay 6, 2026
  • 4May 5, 2026
  • 4May 5, 2026
  • 8-KMay 1, 2026
  • SCHEDULE 13GApr 28, 2026

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