Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 6.58% for Q2 2026, down 21.32 percentage points from 27.90% a year earlier but up 0.25 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Acadia Pharmaceuticals posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 9.54%, down 30.71 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +51.87 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 40.24% in FY2024 (+57.96 pp), -17.72% in FY2023 (+25.42 pp), -43.14% in FY2022 (-16.72 pp) and -26.41% in FY2021 (+15.92 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] spans a low of -47.62% in Q4 2022 and a high of 33.57% in Q4 2024.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +12.21 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q3 2024 (a gain of 54.73 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2025 (a drop of 24.62 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 6.32% (Q1 2026), 8.96% (Q4 2025) and 26.14% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly | 1,230.11 Bn | 1,198.70 Bn | 19.71 Bn | 46.74% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 644.39 Bn | 564.25 Bn | 17.30 Bn | 17.52% |
| 3 | AbbVie | 503.52 Bn | 476.68 Bn | 12.70 Bn | 17.92% |
| 4 | Merck | 363.29 Bn | 317.72 Bn | 12.21 Bn | 6.28% |
| 5 | Novartis Ag | 298.23 Bn | 262.62 Bn | 11.24 Bn | 19.32% |
| 6 | Astrazeneca | 267.53 Bn | 241.29 Bn | 12.86 Bn | 16.76% |
| 7 | Amgen | 241.80 Bn | 197.20 Bn | 7.24 Bn | 16.66% |
| 8 | Gilead Sciences | 195.07 Bn | 169.19 Bn | 6.22 Bn | -5.97% |
| 9 | Pfizer | 173.33 Bn | 120.28 Bn | 10.94 Bn | 11.86% |
| 10 | Acadia Pharmaceuticals | 3.50 Bn | 21.37 Mn | 279.64 Mn | 6.58% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.58% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.32% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.96% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 26.14% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 27.90% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 27.39% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 33.57% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.66% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.17% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.97% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -16.81% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -36.07% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -27.65% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -41.32% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -47.62% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -45.25% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -41.26% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -39.94% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -27.81% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -30.49% |
API Access
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ACAD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ACAD", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ACAD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();