Company Analysis

Alkermes plc (ALKS)

Nasdaq: ALKS · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Dublin 4, IE · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade6.6
◀ Past 6.8● Present 7.2▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Alkermes plc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.6/10
◀ Past6.830% of the headline
● Present7.240% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Alkermes plc's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 3 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Alkermes plc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $746 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7.9% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 11% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 3 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.9%bottom 40% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 44% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 22% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak11.3%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.0% a year. 15% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 33 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 80 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Alkermes plc's diluted share count grew about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 15% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 33 sales (31 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 17% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 13%: 13¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 27%: owes 27¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 81st percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Alkermes plc earned about 13 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 51 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 27 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 42% of its family
  • return on equitytop 11% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 15% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 24% of 315 in its family; net margin 16.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Alkermes plc's standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 10% by size; a net margin of 16.4% ranks in the top 13%; revenue growth of 9.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 48% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.48Btop 10% of its family
  • net margin16.4%top 13% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth9.9%top 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 47% of 315 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Alkermes plc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.2 years (top 37%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 31%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 31% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.2 yearstop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 42% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Alkermes plc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $389 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 15.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 33% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 32.5% of revenue (top 6%); a gross margin of 86.7% (top 25%); research spending of 22% of revenue (bottom 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets15.6%bottom 33% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue32.5%top 6% of its family
  • gross margin86.7%top 25% of its family
  • research spending against revenue22.0%bottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 44% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Alkermes plc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 9.9% a year over the last three filed years against 7.9% over all 10, speeding up (top 25% of its family); the newest year grew -5.3% (bottom 32%); research spending grew 5.9% a year (top 45%); capital spending grew 1.9% a year (top 36%) (its annual reports). Alkermes plc reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Vivitrol at $468 million (32%), Aristada and Aristada Initio at $370 million (25%), LYBALVI at $347 million (24%), and 2 more; 3 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.0 points a yeartop 25% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-5.3%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending5.9%top 45% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending1.9%top 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 44% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Alkermes plc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 19.9% below the $1.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 31% of its family); net income of $242 million against a prior three-year average of $188 million (top 42%); a net margin of 16.4% against 10.2% before (bottom 44%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-19.9%bottom 31% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+28%top 42% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+6.1 pointsbottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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