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The Screen · Healthcare · Biotechnology

Exelixis Inc logoExelixis Inc

EXEL · NASDAQ · USD · Market cap $14.5B · 1,077 employees

Exelixis, Inc., an oncology company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of new medicines for difficult-to-treat cancers in the United States.

PASS · Titan Ethical · score 70.0
58.49 USD

At the last full screen
2026-09-17

Screened 2026-09-17 · the tape above runs as of 15:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its accumulation label.

Exelixis Inc holds its Accumulation at $58.49. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 5 days.

As held on the ledger · 2026-09-17
PhaseAccumulation
Quantitative stateConsolidating, no directional conviction, held for 5 days
Price at the screen$58.49
Valuation18.39 trailing · 13.73 forward price to earnings
Values screenPASS · score 70.0
Beta0.42
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
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 6.08% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is just 6.1% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. Pass
Interest-bearing cash 20.27% Below 33% Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 20.3% of assets, under the one-third limit. Pass
Receivables 27.05% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 27.0% of assets, under the 49% limit. Pass
Revenue purity 2.98% Below 5% Only 3.0% 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.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

65.62Conservative65.62Base case116.98Growth case 58.49Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-17 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 12.2% margin of safety to the base estimate.

The Street's Range
41.00Street low 52.50Street average 66.00Street high 58.49Price

Third-party analyst targets: 16 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits −10% from the screen price.

Reading the gap · Our model sees value the Street hasn't fully caught up to yet.

Price History & Projections
$69.7$42.6$15.5TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONStreet high$66.00 +25%Conservative$65.62 +24%Our fair value$65.62 +24%Street avg$52.50 -1%

Where 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 2026-09-17 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

One cancer drug carries a whole biotech

A single approved pill for tough kidney cancers keeps the cash flowing at Exelixis. The business posts a 35 percent profit margin and 41 percent return on equity while revenue edges up 10 percent a year. Forward earnings sit at just 14 times and the ethical screen clears without issue, so the numbers look solid on paper.

Yet the narrow moat leaves little room for error if competition arrives or regulators shift the goalposts. Our own fair value sits only 11 percent above the current price, the opportunity rating stays at none, and fifteen analysts cluster around a $50 target that sits below where the shares trade today.

Analysis, not advice.

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E13.7xpriced for continued growth
Trailing P/E18.4xreasonably valued
EPS, trailing3.18
EPS, forward4.26
Revenue growth+10.6%steady growth
Profit margin35.3%highly profitable on every dollar of sales
Return on equity44.4%an exceptional return on shareholder capital
FCF yield5.10%
Debt to equity0.09minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet
Current ratio3.46comfortably covers its short-term bills
Beta0.42barely tracks the market's swings
Short interest, float0.16%
52-week range33.76 - 59.72
MoatNARROW
Market cap$14.5B
Employees1,077

The risks · The things to watch: as a biotechnology name, trial and regulatory outcomes can move it sharply either way.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

Where & How to Trade

EXEL trades on NASDAQ. As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.

The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-08-28 Markup $50.61 -9.5% Entry 5

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 9.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 23% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 25%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (16 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $49.

2026-07-28 Markup $55.92 +5.3% Entry 4

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 5.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 23% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 25%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (16 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $49.

2026-07-18 Markup $53.13 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 23% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 25%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (16 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $49.

2026-07-03 Markup $53.13 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Markup $53.13 Entry 1

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent 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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What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $49.71 +6.5% · $1,065 +6.5%
2 months $44.27 +19.6% · $1,196 +19.6%
3 months $41.17 +28.6% · $1,286 +28.6%
6 months $41.39 +28.0% · $1,280 +28.0%
1 year $42.52 +24.6% · $1,246 +24.6%
2 years $22.13 +139.3% · $2,393 +139.3%
3 years $19.20 +175.8% · $2,758 +175.8%
5 years $22.98 +130.5% · $2,305 +130.5%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever EXEL does next, these words stay.

Exelixis Inc · EXEL · Accumulation · $58.49
Recorded 2026-09-17 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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