Azenta, Inc. (AZTA)Healthcare | Medical Instruments & Supplies | Burlington, United States | NasdaqGS
37.18 USD
-0.69
(-1.822%) ⇩
(Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 37.18 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 6:53 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Azenta is currently fractured by a severe divergence between its operational reality and its market valuation. Fundamentally, the company is failing to generate profit, with negative earnings per share and negative operating margins, while the balance sheet shows a concerning debt-to-equity ratio of 3.57. The recent news of a securities fraud investigation adds a layer of legal and reputational risk that cannot be ignored. While the stock has rallied recently, breaking out above its 50-day moving average, this momentum appears to be driven by speculative trading rather than a turnaround in business quality. The options market confirms this uncertainty, with traders buying protection against a potential collapse while simultaneously betting on a volatile surge. Given the lack of dividends, negative profitability, and ongoing legal scrutiny, the long-term outlook remains deeply bearish despite the recent price pop. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.157977 |
| AutoETS | 0.157978 |
| MSTL | 0.163388 |
| AutoTheta | 0.176446 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 37% |
| H-stat | 4.92 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.433 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.53 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2021-12-01 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2021-12-01 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 3.574 |
| Revenue per Share | 13.408 |
| Market Cap | 1,628,796,032 |
| Forward P/E | 63.29 |
| Beta | 1.52 |
| Profit Margins | -20.02% |
| Previous Name | Brooks Automation, Inc. |
| Website | https://www.azenta.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 6:53 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility rather than a clear directional move. Call volume is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (40, 45, 50), suggesting bets on a sharp rally, while put volume concentrates deep in-the-money (15, 20, 25), indicating a hedge against a crash. The massive implied volatility spike on December puts (1.54 ATM IV) compared to October calls suggests the market is pricing in a binary event or severe downside risk by year-end, creating a 'straddle' environment where capital is waiting for a catalyst.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-02 | 0.10 | 0.091424 |
| 2021-09-02 | 0.10 | 0.116659 |
| 2021-06-03 | 0.10 | 0.102281 |
| 2021-03-04 | 0.10 | 0.130719 |
| 2020-12-03 | 0.10 | 0.138889 |
| 2020-09-03 | 0.10 | 0.204918 |
| 2020-06-04 | 0.10 | 0.232450 |
| 2020-03-05 | 0.10 | 0.288351 |
| 2019-12-05 | 0.10 | 0.244320 |
| 2019-09-05 | 0.10 | 0.283930 |
| 2019-06-06 | 0.10 | 0.250000 |
| 2019-02-28 | 0.10 | 0.311429 |
| 2018-12-06 | 0.10 | 0.362319 |
| 2018-09-06 | 0.10 | 0.276014 |
| 2018-05-31 | 0.10 | 0.305998 |
| 2018-03-01 | 0.10 | 0.377074 |
| 2017-11-30 | 0.10 | 0.401768 |
| 2017-09-07 | 0.10 | 0.367242 |
| 2017-05-31 | 0.10 | 0.362976 |
| 2017-03-01 | 0.10 | 0.470588 |
| 2016-11-30 | 0.10 | 0.613497 |
| 2016-08-31 | 0.10 | 0.793021 |
| 2016-06-01 | 0.10 | 0.888099 |
| 2016-03-02 | 0.10 | 1.019368 |
| 2015-12-02 | 0.10 | 0.853242 |
| 2015-09-02 | 0.10 | 0.977517 |
| 2015-06-03 | 0.10 | 0.848896 |
| 2015-03-04 | 0.10 | 0.843170 |
| 2014-12-03 | 0.10 | 0.849618 |
| 2014-09-03 | 0.10 | 0.881834 |
| 2014-06-04 | 0.08 | 0.851970 |
| 2014-03-05 | 0.08 | 0.757576 |
| 2013-12-04 | 0.08 | 0.782014 |
| 2013-09-04 | 0.08 | 0.890869 |
| 2013-06-05 | 0.08 | 0.779727 |
| 2013-03-06 | 0.08 | 0.796020 |
| 2012-12-05 | 0.08 | 1.041667 |
| 2012-09-05 | 0.08 | 1.011378 |
| 2012-06-06 | 0.08 | 0.838574 |
| 2012-03-07 | 0.08 | 0.686695 |
| 2011-12-07 | 0.08 | 0.778210 |
| 2011-09-07 | 0.08 | 0.896861 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.1803174 |
| Address1 | 200 Summit Drive |
| Address2 | 6th Floor |
| All Time High | 124.79 |
| All Time Low | 2.52 |
| Ask | 47.66 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.2 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,612,570 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 898,417 |
| Average Volume | 898,417 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,612,570 |
| Beta | 1.524 |
| Bid | 27.2 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 34.506 |
| City | Burlington |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 37.18 |
| Current Ratio | 2.5 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 38.92 |
| Day Low | 37.06 |
| Debt To Equity | 3.574 |
| Display Name | Azenta |
| Dividend Date | 1,640,217,600 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,933,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,933,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,873,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,795,204,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,795,204,800 |
| Ebitda | 33,006,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.05377 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 41.113 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.211 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,356,966,016 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.322 |
| Eps Forward | 0.5875 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.47 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,638,403,200 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 34.0312 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.1488 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.09252685 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 18.03174 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 46.41 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -9.23 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.19887954 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 15.93 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 21.25 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.333961 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 15.93 - 46.41 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 791,735,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.05 |
| Float Shares | 38,876,882 |
| Forward Eps | 0.5875 |
| Forward P E | 63.28511 |
| Free Cashflow | 63,366,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,900 |
| Fullday Change | -0.6899986 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.8220191 |
| Fullday Price | 37.18 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.44048 |
| Gross Profits | 270,372,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01339 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.17585 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 43,808,393 |
| Industry | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
| Industry Disp | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
| Industry Key | medical-instruments-supplies |
| Ir Website | http://www.brooks.com/company/investors |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,638,403,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.1 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,759,190,400 |
| Long Business Summary | Azenta, Inc. provides biological and chemical compound sample exploration and management solutions for the life sciences industry in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Sample Management Solutions and Multiomics segments. The Sample Management Solutions segment provides sample management products and services, including automated stores, cryogenic systems, automated sample tubes, consumables and instruments, and controlled rate thawing devices, as well as sample repository services. This segment also offers consultation services to clients throughout their experimental design and implementation processes. The Multiomics segment provides genomic and other sample analysis services comprising gene sequencing, gene synthesis, and related services. The company has a strategic partnership with Frontier Space Ltd to conduct scientific experiments in space. The company was formerly known as Brooks Automation, Inc. and changed its name to Azenta, Inc. in December 2021. Azenta, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. |
| Long Name | Azenta, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,628,796,032 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_336648 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-10-15 |
| Net Income To Common | -112,087,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,790,726,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,494,742,369 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 37.48 |
| Operating Cashflow | 37,975,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.022739999 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.53 |
| Phone | 888 229 3682 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 37.18 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,014,009 |
| Prev Name | Brooks Automation, Inc. |
| Previous Close | 37.87 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 115.46584 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.0774938 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.6535964 |
| Profit Margins | -0.20021999 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.85 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.16667 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.689999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.82202 |
| Regular Market Day High | 38.92 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 37.06 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 37.06 - 38.92 |
| Regular Market Open | 37.48 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 37.87 |
| Regular Market Price | 37.18 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,008,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,112,835 |
| Return On Assets | -0.0073 |
| Return On Equity | -0.07041 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.12 |
| Revenue Per Share | 13.408 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.1570785 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 43,808,393 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.121400006 |
| Shares Short | 5,319,092 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 5,370,607 |
| Short Name | Azenta, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.19709998 |
| Short Ratio | 6.16 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | AZTA |
| Target High Price | 44.0 |
| Target Low Price | 33.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 39.0 |
| Target Median Price | 39.5 |
| Total Cash | 325,796,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 7.437 |
| Total Debt | 53,967,000 |
| Total Revenue | 613,806,976 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.47 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 28.31255 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 8.867451 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.3131986 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,112,835 |
| Website | https://www.azenta.com |
| Zip | 1,803 |