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Alkermes Plc (ALKS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

Alkermes develops and sells drugs for opioid dependence, alcohol dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, with an injectable suspension, an oral antipsychotic and a narcolepsy treatment among its marketed products. It also licenses manufacturing and delivery technology to other drugmakers and holds collaboration agreements with a major pharmaceutical partner.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for ALKS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 45/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-03
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Health care in US: +2.7% week · +9.9% month · +12.5% quarter · +24.7% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLV.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-03
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.63 · down 2.22 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-02
How it trades on rate days beta 0.70 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How ALKS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.70 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Alkermes Plc moved 0.70% on average · correlation 0.17 · higher than 65% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.74 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.38% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −3.18% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against ALKS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Alkermes Plc

ALKS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Alkermes develops and sells drugs for opioid dependence, alcohol dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, with an injectable suspension, an oral antipsychotic and a narcolepsy treatment among its marketed products. It also licenses manufacturing and delivery technology to other drugmakers and holds collaboration agreements with a major pharmaceutical partner. The company is headquartered in Dublin and lists its shares in the United States.
Where it sits in the stack
Alkermes carries no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices, so it sits only in the diary's broader Healthcare sleeve for US-listed names, outside the AI build-out stack entirely.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it among scored Healthcare names based in the United States, including Regeneron, Vertex, BeiGene and Corcept Therapeutics, reflecting shared sector and country rather than shared therapy area.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score with momentum as its strongest module and valuation as its weakest; it holds no seat in our indices and has not yet drawn a mention in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether commercial uptake of its newer products offsets pressure on older ones as patents and competition narrow their contribution over time.

Alkermes Plc (ALKS) trades on US exchanges, classified under Healthcare.

The Closelooknet company score reads 52/100 composite (momentum 62, quality 53, valuation 22) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Truist, 2026-10-16

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for ALKS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Truist — target 55 Target set to $55 (+37.2% to spot) 2026-10-16

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 31 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What ALKS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 31 m USD 0.4% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.3% in FY2025 99 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 31 m USD · 6% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-03

Quick answers

What is Alkermes Plc (ALKS)?

Alkermes Plc trades as ALKS on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Healthcare in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-03.

Is ALKS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Alkermes Plc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-03.

What is Alkermes Plc's Closelooknet composite score?

52 out of 100, with momentum 62, quality 53 and valuation 22 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-03. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ALKS trade against its moving averages?

Alkermes Plc trades 2.1% above its 50-day and 10.7% above its 200-day moving average (5.4% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-02 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Alkermes Plc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic · US), Alkermes Plc (ALKS) sits 19.4% below its 52-week high, 2.1% above its 50-day average; Lantheus Holdings Inc (LNTH) is 10.3% below, GALDERMA GROUP AG (GALDY) is 1.0% below, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd (KNSA) is 7.8% below, as of 2026-11-02. Put any of them next to ALKS in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Alkermes Plc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Alkermes Plc had a beta of 0.70 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 65% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.38% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-02; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Alkermes Plc do?

Alkermes develops and sells drugs for opioid dependence, alcohol dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, with an injectable suspension, an oral antipsychotic and a narcolepsy treatment among its marketed products. It also licenses manufacturing and delivery technology to other drugmakers and holds collaboration agreements with a major pharmaceutical partner. The company is headquartered in Dublin and lists its shares in the United States. Closelooknet's peer group places it among scored Healthcare names based in the United States, including Regeneron, Vertex, BeiGene and Corcept Therapeutics, reflecting shared sector and country rather than shared therapy area. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Alkermes Plc sit in the AI build-out?

Alkermes carries no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices, so it sits only in the diary's broader Healthcare sleeve for US-listed names, outside the AI build-out stack entirely. It carries a Closelooknet score with momentum as its strongest module and valuation as its weakest; it holds no seat in our indices and has not yet drawn a mention in the diary's editions. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Alkermes Plc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Alkermes Plc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 31 m USD of its own shares, 6% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.3% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-02; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Alkermes Plc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Alkermes Plc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Truist on 2026-10-16 (target 55). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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