The framework has shifted from markup to distribution since the last review. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 8.1% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 60%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (6 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $14.
Alvotech
ALVO · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $1.7B · 1,279 employees
Alvotech, through its subsidiaries, develops and manufactures biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenPrice as of 27 Oct 2026Daily close, not a live quote
Screened 2026-10-27 · the tape above runs as of 18:02 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
Key facts today
- Price4.75 USD at the 27 Oct 2026 close
- Ethical screenDoes not pass
- Last reviewed27 Oct 2026 (2 days ago)
A summary of the dated readings below, not a live quote and not advice.
What this means: price 4.75 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 5.03, over the last year.
- Trend Distribution
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its distribution label.
Alvotech holds its Distribution at $4.75. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 128 days.
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 128 days |
| Price at the screen | $4.75 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · 20.98 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.21 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 97.45% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 97.4% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 16.28% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 16.3% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.47% | Below 5% | Only 0.5% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Falls Short, in Plain English
Alvotech's business is in a permissible area, but its interest-bearing debt is about 97% of the company, well over the ~33% line, so it does not pass on the financial screens.
Read as at 2026-10-28. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
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The Fair Value Range
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-10-27 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 5.8% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 5 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +68% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-10-27 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words| Forward P/E | 21.0xa premium valuation |
| EPS, trailing | -0.62 |
| EPS, forward | 0.23 |
| Revenue growth | -38.9%revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | -36.3%currently unprofitable |
| FCF yield | -7.20% |
| Current ratio | 1.65healthy short-term liquidity |
| Beta | 0.21barely tracks the market's swings |
| Short interest, float | 0.04% |
| 52-week range | 2.94 - 8.50 |
| Market cap | $1.7B |
| Employees | 1,279 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; its business and earnings are exposed to Luxembourg and to currency swings; as a drug manufacturers - specialty & generic name, trial and regulatory outcomes can move it sharply either way.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The analysis reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 1.7% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 60%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (6 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $14.
Our analysis reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 15.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 60%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (6 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $14.
Our analysis reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 24.7% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 60%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (6 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $14.
The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 18.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 60%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (6 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $14.
Our analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 17.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 60%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (6 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $14.
Our analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 60%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (6 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $14.
Our analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 60%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (6 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $14.
Our analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Our analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
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- Alvotech's Manufacturing Progress, Simponi Launch Potential Support Recovery, UBS Says Yahoo Finance · 9d ago
- Alvotech shares jump premarket after FDA approves new Simlandi process Yahoo Finance · 9d ago
- Alvotech receives FDA approval for new SIMLANDI® manufacturing process that more than doubles output per batch Yahoo Finance · 9d ago
Headlines from third-party outlets, linked for reference: not our reporting, not advice.
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $3.59 | +16.9% | · | $1,169 | +16.9% |
| 2 months | $3.62 | +15.9% | · | $1,159 | +15.9% |
| 3 months | $3.54 | +18.5% | · | $1,185 | +18.5% |
| 6 months | $5.75 | -27.0% | · | $730 | -27.0% |
| 1 year | $10.37 | -59.6% | · | $405 | -59.6% |
| 2 years | $14.46 | -71.0% | · | $290 | -71.0% |
| 3 years | $8.20 | -48.8% | · | $512 | -48.8% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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