Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AMLX in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
This week's news centers on Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' Phase 3 LUCIDITY trial for avexitide, targeting post-bariatric hypoglycemia, a condition with no FDA-approved therapies. Topline data was presented at the ObesityWeek 2026 Annual Meeting, drawing positive coverage. Mizuho raised its price target to $24 while maintaining an Outperform rating. Separately, the company reported Q2FY26 results showing $250.8 million in cash and marketable securities, with operating expenses rising 7% to $45.7 million amid commercial readiness spending for avexitide. A director also proposed selling 100,000 shares, alongside a related Form 144 filing.
AMLX closed at $27.48, down 2.3%, sitting between its 50-day average of $30.29 and 200-day average of $18.98, with 1-month performance at -13.1% against a 1-year return of 89.9%. The GekkoIndex reads 66, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. The current price sits 14.9% below the Gekko Fair Value of $32.29.
Looking ahead, Amylyx reports earnings on 5 November 2026, before the open, falling within the next 20 trading days and historically producing an average absolute reaction of 6.6%. Seasonality over the past 4 years shows a 16.4% average move across the next 20 trading days, though gains occurred in only 1 of those years. Analyst consensus stands at 9 buy ratings with a consensus target of $42.36, implying 54.1% upside.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
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Close $27.48 sits between the 50-day ($30.29) and 200-day ($18.98) averages, or the averages disagree.
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Reading 66 is in the Accumulation zone.
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Price is 14.9% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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Reports on Nov 5, 2026, 24 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
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From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +16.4% over 4 years, rising in 1 of them.
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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals closed at $27.48 on Oct 12, 2026, +89.9% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $10.83 to $41.14.
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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals works on developing drug treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other conditions that cause nerve cells to break down over time. It has not yet brought products through to full commercial approval, placing it among firms still proving out their science rather than selling finished medicines at scale. The company is perhaps most associated with AMX0035, an experimental compound designed to block two separate pathways, unfolded protein response and Bax-driven cell death, that are believed to contribute to the loss of nerve cells in ALS.
AMX0035 combines sodium phenylbutyrate with taurursodiol and is being studied both as a potential ALS therapy and for possible use in other neurodegenerative diseases. The company's work centers on this research and development pipeline rather than on an established commercial product line.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2013 and operates out of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker AMLX.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66, in the Accumulation zone, down 0.2 points over five sessions.
Down 0.2 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 42 | 0.0% | +0.1% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 184 | +1.4% | +3.9% | ||
| Neutral | 362 | +3.2% | +12.3% | ||
| Distribution | 93 | −2.1% | +2.0% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average AMLX share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals trades 14.9% below Gekko Fair Value of $32.29, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$32.29
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
14.9% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 5.0% below the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AMLX in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in AMLX were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals reports on Nov 5, 2026, before the open (24 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports.
Nov 5, 2026
Expected before the open, 24 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | −$0.39 est −$0.36 | — | +4.4% |
| May 7, 2026 | −$0.37 est −$0.34 | — est −$52K | −8.3% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | −$0.30 est −$0.34 | — est −$52K | −1.6% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | −$0.37 est −$0.43 | — est $52K | −7.0% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | −$0.46 est −$0.44 | — | −6.7% |
| May 8, 2025 | −$0.42 est −$0.45 | — | −5.3% |
| Mar 4, 2025 | −$0.55 est −$0.49 | $665K | +12.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | −$0.53 est −$0.47 | $416K | +7.7% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is $42.36, +54.1% from the last close, from 9 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 9 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | Stifel Nicolaus | $45 | +63.8% |
| Aug 26 | Guggenheim | $57 | +107.4% |
| Aug 22 | LifeSci Capital | $44 | +60.1% |
| Aug 20 | H.C. Wainwright | $55 | +100.1% |
| Aug 19 | Citi | $32 | +16.4% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals averaged +16.4% across the last 4 years, rising in 1 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +7.0% | 3 of 4 |
| Next 10 trading days | +11.8% | 2 of 4 |
| Next 15 trading days | +11.8% | 2 of 4 |
| Next 20 trading days | +16.4% | 1 of 4 |
| Next 30 trading days | +7.0% | 3 of 4 |
For scale, AMLX’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 14.2%.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’s market cap is $3.06B and revenue of −$665K over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals this week reads positive: 6 positive, 2 neutral and 2 negative headlines.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| LLYEli Lilly | Neutral | 14.7% above |
| JNJJohnson & Johnson | Neutral | 3.2% below |
| ABBVAbbVie | Distribution | 28.2% above |
| MRKMerck | Neutral | 8.0% below |
| AZNAstraZeneca | Accumulation | 41.7% below |
| PFEPfizer | Neutral | 8.0% below |
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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’s market cap is $3.06B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $27.48, with 125.5M shares outstanding.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is $42.36, +54.1% from the last close. Of the 9 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 9 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $27.48 is 14.9% below Gekko Fair Value of $32.29. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026, before the market opens (24 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.38 per share on revenue of $59K. Amylyx Pharmaceuticals beat the earnings estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports, moving 6.6% on average across the report.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’s 52-week high is $41.14 and its 52-week low is $10.83; it closed at $27.48 on Oct 12, 2026, +89.9% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $41.93 on Jan 30, 2023.
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