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

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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 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

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 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.72 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 0.72 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Alkermes Plc moved 0.72% on average · correlation 0.17 · higher than 72% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.03 more rate-sensitive lately than 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

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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.

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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Alkermes Plc (ALKS)?

Alkermes Plc trades as ALKS on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

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 2026-10-07.

Where does ALKS trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -10.5% vs the 50-day and +6.2% vs the 200-day average, 25.2% below the 52-week high and +54.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — 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 25.2% below its 52-week high, 10.5% below its 50-day average; Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Class A Common Stock (AMRX) is 4.2% below, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd ADR (RDY) is 19.5% below, Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA) is 4.1% below. 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 0.72 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 72% 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. 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.

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.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ALKS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.