ALKS Alkermes plc.
Last updated: Mar 16, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 2/2 quarters. Q3 2024: $116M, Q3 2025: $116M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $116M vs trailing avg $116M (+0%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-117M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 15,800,000 shares = 9.7% of 162,176,994 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
1 open-market purchase by Daglio David Angelo Jr.
- Daglio David Angelo Jr. () bought 35,000 shares at $23.31 on 2022-11-14
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 2 quarters
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $1M, sold $27M (net selling)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
Company buying back stock while insiders sold 33.7x more than bought. 2 C-suite officers among sellers
- Nichols Christian Todd (SVP, Chief Commercial Officer) sold 6,000 shares on 2026-03-02
- Hopkinson Craig C. (EVP R&D, Chief Medical Officer) sold 9,000 shares on 2026-03-02
- Hopkinson Craig C. (EVP R&D, Chief Medical Officer) sold 5,000 shares on 2026-02-02
- Hopkinson Craig C. (EVP R&D, Chief Medical Officer) sold 4,000 shares on 2026-02-02
- Hopkinson Craig C. (EVP R&D, Chief Medical Officer) sold 5,000 shares on 2026-01-08
- Hopkinson Craig C. (EVP R&D, Chief Medical Officer) sold 4,000 shares on 2026-01-02
- Hopkinson Craig C. (EVP R&D, Chief Medical Officer) sold 3,748 shares on 2025-12-03
- Hopkinson Craig C. (EVP R&D, Chief Medical Officer) sold 4,000 shares on 2025-12-01
- Hopkinson Craig C. (EVP R&D, Chief Medical Officer) sold 9,000 shares on 2025-11-03
- Hopkinson Craig C. (EVP R&D, Chief Medical Officer) sold 9,000 shares on 2025-10-15