Acadia Pharmaceuticals price target raised to $40 from $35 at UBS

UBS analyst Ashwani Verma raised the firm’s price target on Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) to $40 from $35 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The Biotech sector enters 2026 on a cautiously optimistic note, the analyst tells investors in a research note. While capital absorption from secondary offerings is a concern, over $47B of pending capital from potential M&A could offset this, though sustained outperformance will likely require M&A activity to continue outpacing secondaries and IPOs, the firm says.