Alkermes Valuation

Is ALKS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ALKS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ALKS ($27.7) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($75.6)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ALKS is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ALKS?

Key metric: As ALKS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ALKS. This is calculated by dividing ALKS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ALKS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11.6x
EarningsUS$386.95m
Market CapUS$4.52b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ALKS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ALKS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.7x
HALO Halozyme Therapeutics
14.8x21.1%US$5.8b
ACAD ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
21x26.6%US$2.7b
EXEL Exelixis
21.3x15.6%US$9.9b
ADMA ADMA Biologics
73.9x30.5%US$5.1b
ALKS Alkermes
11.6x-12.6%US$4.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ALKS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the peer average (32.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ALKS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

11 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ROIV Roivant Sciences
1.9x-46.3%US$8.36b
AGIO Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.7x-56.7%US$3.11b
INBX Inhibrx Biosciences
0.1xn/aUS$203.24m
CTMX CytomX Therapeutics
4.9x-39.9%US$68.09m
ALKS 11.6xIndustry Avg. 17.1xNo. of Companies11PE020406080100+
11 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ALKS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (16.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ALKS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ALKS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.6x
Fair PE Ratio15.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ALKS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ALKS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$27.70
US$34.08
+23.0%
18.2%US$43.00US$21.00n/a13
Nov ’25US$26.47
US$32.62
+23.2%
19.8%US$43.00US$21.00n/a13
Oct ’25US$28.83
US$34.69
+20.3%
22.1%US$50.00US$21.00n/a13
Sep ’25US$28.45
US$34.69
+21.9%
22.1%US$50.00US$21.00n/a13
Aug ’25US$26.86
US$34.69
+29.2%
22.1%US$50.00US$21.00n/a13
Jul ’25US$24.39
US$34.62
+41.9%
21.8%US$50.00US$21.00n/a13
Jun ’25US$23.40
US$34.67
+48.1%
22.6%US$50.00US$21.00n/a12
May ’25US$24.01
US$34.50
+43.7%
20.0%US$50.00US$23.00n/a12
Apr ’25US$27.24
US$34.83
+27.9%
13.8%US$43.00US$25.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$30.24
US$34.64
+14.5%
14.3%US$43.00US$25.00n/a11
Feb ’25US$26.94
US$33.09
+22.8%
12.6%US$42.00US$25.00n/a11
Jan ’25US$27.74
US$33.09
+19.3%
13.9%US$42.00US$25.00n/a11
Dec ’24US$24.29
US$33.09
+36.2%
13.9%US$42.00US$25.00n/a11
Nov ’24US$24.54
US$33.10
+34.9%
14.6%US$42.00US$25.00US$26.4710
Oct ’24US$28.01
US$36.67
+30.9%
15.0%US$49.00US$30.00US$28.839
Sep ’24US$29.27
US$36.67
+25.3%
15.0%US$49.00US$30.00US$28.459
Aug ’24US$28.54
US$36.67
+28.5%
14.0%US$48.00US$30.00US$26.869
Jul ’24US$31.30
US$36.22
+15.7%
13.9%US$48.00US$30.00US$24.399
Jun ’24US$29.28
US$35.10
+19.9%
13.6%US$48.00US$30.00US$23.4010
May ’24US$28.64
US$34.80
+21.5%
14.3%US$48.00US$30.00US$24.0110
Apr ’24US$28.19
US$33.20
+17.8%
15.1%US$45.00US$27.00US$27.2410
Mar ’24US$27.38
US$33.20
+21.3%
15.1%US$45.00US$27.00US$30.2410
Feb ’24US$28.69
US$32.30
+12.6%
14.3%US$42.00US$27.00US$26.9410
Jan ’24US$26.13
US$31.20
+19.4%
11.9%US$36.00US$26.00US$27.7410
Dec ’23US$25.20
US$31.60
+25.4%
11.6%US$36.00US$26.00US$24.2910
Nov ’23US$23.25
US$30.80
+32.5%
12.0%US$35.00US$25.00US$24.5410

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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