The analysis 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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 53% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $84. Insiders have been net sellers over the past quarter. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
HALO · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $13.9B · 423 employees
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, researches, develops, and commercializes of proprietary enzymes and devices in the United States, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, and internationally.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenPrice as of 23 Oct 2026Daily close, not a live quoteLast reviewed 8 days ago
Screened 2026-10-23 · the tape above runs as of 10:41 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
Key facts today
- Price125.63 USD at the 23 Oct 2026 close
- Ethical screenDoes not pass
- OptionsOpen interest leans heavily to calls (put/call 0.09)
- Last reviewed23 Oct 2026 (8 days ago)
A summary of the dated readings below, not a live quote and not advice.
What this means: price 125.63 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 130.00, over the last year.
- Trend Markup
- Insiders insiders sold, $6,610,501, latest filing 2026-10-06
- Positioning political selling, disclosed 2026-09-29
- Options put/call open interest 0.09, read 2026-10-28
- 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 markup label.
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. holds its Markup at $125.63. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 8 days.
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 8 days |
| Price at the screen | $125.63 |
| Valuation | 35.82 trailing · 11.47 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.88 |
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 | 84.85% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 84.8% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.36% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.4% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 22.50% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 22.5% of assets, under the 49% limit. | 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
Halozyme Therapeutics,'s business is in a permissible area, but its interest-bearing debt is about 85% of the company, well over the ~33% line, so it does not pass on the financial screens.
Read as at 2026-10-30. 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 2026-10-23 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 3.5% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 9 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits −12% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our model sees value the Street hasn't fully caught up to yet.
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 2026-10-23 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 WordsEnzyme tech with standout numbers yet no call
Think of a small enzyme that helps big drug companies get their medicines working faster inside the body. Halozyme has built a business around that idea and it shows in the results. Revenue is rising 42 percent a year, profit margins sit at 23 percent and return on equity hits 99 percent while the forward multiple is just 7.9 times.
Those figures would normally put the stock on our list. Yet the opportunity rating is none. The market already prices in solid growth and the ethical screen passes, so nothing extra stands out once the headline numbers are stripped away.
Risk sits in the usual biotech unknowns around pipeline delivery and competition. A single missed approval or fresh rival enzyme could reset the low multiple quickly. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | 11.5xcheap for a company growing this fast |
| Trailing P/E | 35.8xexpensive: the price assumes strong growth ahead |
| EPS, trailing | 3.42 |
| EPS, forward | 10.68 |
| Revenue growth | +47.7%growing very fast |
| Profit margin | 24.9%healthy profit margins |
| Return on equity | 173.7%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 2.43% |
| Debt to equity | 15.18heavy leverage: higher risk if revenue softens |
| Current ratio | 2.71comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 0.88steadier than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.18% |
| 52-week range | 61.23 - 123.60 |
| Market cap | $13.9B |
| Employees | 423 |
The risks · The things to watch: as a biotechnology name, trial and regulatory outcomes can move it sharply either way; it carries a real debt load, which raises the stakes if revenue slips.
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 up 2.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 53% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $84. Insiders have been net sellers over the past quarter. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis 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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 53% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $84. Insiders have been net sellers over the past quarter.
The framework has shifted from accumulation 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 10.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 51% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $84. Insiders have been net sellers over the past quarter.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 3.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $84. Insiders have been net sellers over the past quarter.
The framework has shifted from markup to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 2.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $84. Insiders have been net sellers over the past quarter.
The framework has shifted from accumulation 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 31.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $84.
The framework has shifted from markup to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 19.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $84.
Our analysis 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $84.
Our analysis 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 good 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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| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | Torley Helen | Pres, CEO | S - Sale+OE | 60,000 | $6,610,501 |
| 2026-10-01 | Posard Matthew L. | Dir | S - Sale | 5,230 | $567,661 |
| 2026-09-16 | Posard Matthew L. | Dir | S - Sale | 18,996 | $2,046,581 |
Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Gil Cisneros | Democrat | sell | 1K–15K |
| 2026-09-29 | Gil Cisneros | Democrat | sell | 1K–15K |
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $66.41 | +6.9% | · | $1,069 | +6.9% |
| 2 months | $67.82 | +4.6% | · | $1,046 | +4.6% |
| 3 months | $63.56 | +11.7% | · | $1,117 | +11.7% |
| 6 months | $61.90 | +14.7% | · | $1,147 | +14.7% |
| 1 year | $53.77 | +32.0% | · | $1,320 | +32.0% |
| 2 years | $51.16 | +38.7% | · | $1,387 | +38.7% |
| 3 years | $33.96 | +109.0% | · | $2,090 | +109.0% |
| 5 years | $42.79 | +65.9% | · | $1,659 | +65.9% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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