Acadia PharmaceuticalsACAD
About: Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of medicines that address unmet medical needs in central nervous system (CNS) disorders and rare diseases. It has two core franchises in neuroscience and neuro-rare diseases. The neuroscience franchise is anchored by its commercial product NUPLAZID (pimavanserin), which is used for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's Disease Psychosis (PDP). The neuro-rare disease franchise is anchored by the commercial product DAYBUE, which is used for the treatment of Rett syndrome. In addition, the company has various product candidates under development in different stages, including ACP-204, ACP-101, ACP-211, ACP-711, ACP-2591, etc.
Employees: 654
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
138% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 69 | Existing positions closed: 29
137% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $18.4M | Put options by funds: $7.74M
67% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 5 (+2) [Q4]
51% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 109 | Existing positions reduced: 72
25% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.38B [Q3] → $2.99B (+$604M) [Q4]
15% more funds holding
Funds holding: 255 [Q3] → 292 (+37) [Q4]
4.43% more ownership
Funds ownership: 93.45% [Q3] → 97.88% (+4.43%) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
6 analyst ratings
UBS Ashwani Verma 25% 1-year accuracy 5 / 20 met price target | 51%upside $22 | Buy Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
Needham Ami Fadia 22% 1-year accuracy 35 / 160 met price target | 92%upside $28 | Buy Reiterated | 8 Apr 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Jeffrey Hung 15% 1-year accuracy 4 / 26 met price target | 37%upside $20 | Equal-Weight Assumed | 7 Mar 2025 |
Cantor Fitzgerald Charles Duncan 31% 1-year accuracy 15 / 48 met price target | 92%upside $28 | Overweight Reiterated | 27 Feb 2025 |
HC Wainwright & Co. Andrew Fein 32% 1-year accuracy 113 / 354 met price target | 85%upside $27 | Buy Reiterated | 27 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about ACAD published over the past 30 days









