ACADIA Stock Soars (ACAD)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:ACAD) have taken a tremendous swing upward. The stock is trading at $1.53 as of 3:45 p.m. ET, 20.1% above Tuesday's closing price of $1.27. Volume is at 1.2 million, 6.9 times the daily average of 171,500.

ACADIA has a market cap of $66.5 million and is part of the health care sector and drugs industry. Shares are up 17.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders. The company has a P/E ratio of three, equal to the average drugs industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates ACADIA as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, reasonable valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including weak operating cash flow and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. You can view the full ACADIA Ratings Report.

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