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Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (HBIO)

Healthcare | Medical Instruments & Supplies | Holliston, United States | NasdaqCM
6.13 USD +0.22 (3.723%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 6.13

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Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 4:15 p.m. EDT

HBIO is currently trading below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, indicating a bearish trend. The stock has experienced a significant drop in recent days, and while there are signs of insider buying and analyst price target increases, the overall fundamentals remain weak with negative profit margins and a high debt-to-equity ratio. The options data suggests a lack of bullish sentiment, with traders focusing on downside protection. Given the current price and the negative fundamentals, this is not a strong short-term or long-term investment opportunity. The stock's low price relative to its 52-week high and the lack of dividend history further support a cautious approach.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.082068
AutoETS0.082097
AutoARIMA0.082220
MSTL0.082541

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 62%
H-stat 1.81
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.265
Excess Kurtosis -1.16
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Debt to Equity Ratio 322.39
Revenue per Share 19.497
Market Cap 27,413,300
Forward P/E 7.66
Beta 1.50
Profit Margins -65.51%
Website https://www.harvardbioscience.com

As of April 11, 2026, 4:15 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates a lack of significant positioning, with most volume and open interest concentrated on very low strike prices. This suggests that speculators are not confident in the stock's upward movement, with a focus on downside protection or short-term volatility. The ATM IV is near zero for most expirations, indicating low volatility expectations, which could imply a lack of directional conviction. The presence of OTM puts with higher open interest suggests a potential for downside risk, with traders possibly hedging or expecting a decline.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.64166665
Address1 84 October Hill Road
Address2 Suite 10
All Time High 109.93176
All Time Low 2.8
Ask 6.19
Ask Size 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 96,750
Average Daily Volume3 Month 58,654
Average Volume 58,654
Average Volume10Days 96,750
Beta 1.501
Bid 5.97
Bid Size 1
Book Value 3.071
City Holliston
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 6.13
Current Ratio 2.196
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 6.25
Day Low 5.86
Debt To Equity 322.39
Display Name Harvard Bioscience
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,773,316,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,773,316,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,773,318,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,502,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,502,600
Ebitda 7,443,000
Ebitda Margins 0.086
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.475
Enterprise To Revenue 0.729
Enterprise Value 63,076,292
Eps Current Year 0.2
Eps Forward 0.8
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -12.8
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 508 429 5732
Fifty Day Average 5.3514
Fifty Day Average Change 0.7786002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.14549468
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 64.166664
Fifty Two Week High 9.5
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.37
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.35473683
Fifty Two Week Low 2.8
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.3300002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.1892858
Fifty Two Week Range 2.8 - 9.5
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 985,012,200,000
Float Shares 3,469,056
Forward Eps 0.8
Forward P E 7.6625
Free Cashflow 10,111,125
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 316
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.57666
Gross Profits 49,910,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.10819
Held Percent Institutions 0.51115
Implied Shares Outstanding 4,471,990
Industry Medical Instruments & Supplies
Industry Disp Medical Instruments & Supplies
Industry Key medical-instruments-supplies
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,773,619,200
Last Split Factor 1:10
Long Business Summary Harvard Bioscience, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells technologies, products, and services for life science applications in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and internationally. The company offers cellular and molecular technology products, such as syringe and peristaltic infusion pump products; electroporation and electrofusion instruments, amino acid analyzers, spectrophotometers, and other equipment for molecular level testing and research; and precision scientific measuring instrumentation and equipment, including data acquisition systems for cellular analysis, complete micro electrode array solutions for in vivo recordings, and in vitro systems for extracellular recordings. It provides preclinical products that includes platform to assess physiological data from organisms for research, drug discovery, and drug development services comprising implantable and externally worn telemetry systems for use in research to collect cardiovascular, central nervous system, respiratory, and metabolic data; behavioral products; isolated organ and surgical products, instruments and accessories for tissue, and organ-based lab research, including surgical products, infusion systems, and behavior research systems; turn-key respiratory system solutions, including plethysmograph chambers, data acquisition hardware, physiological signal analysis software, and final report generation; inhalation and exposure systems; and GLP-capable data acquisition and analysis systems. The company markets its products through websites and distributors to research scientists in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities, hospitals, and government laboratories; and contract research organizations and academic laboratories. It primarily sells its products under the Harvard Apparatus, Biochrom, BTX, HEKA, KD Scientific, MCS, Warner, DSI, Panlab, Hugo Sachs, and Buxco brands. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is based in Holliston, Massachusetts.
Long Name Harvard Bioscience, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 27,413,300
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_598656
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -56,700,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 26,384,735
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 5.88
Operating Cashflow 6,729,000
Operating Margins 0.14009
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.31
Phone 508 893 8999
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 6.13
Post Market Time 1,776,456,605
Previous Close 5.91
Price Eps Current Year 30.65
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.9960924
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.3167337
Profit Margins -0.65511
Quick Ratio 1.123
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.22
Regular Market Change Percent 3.72251
Regular Market Day High 6.25
Regular Market Day Low 5.86
Regular Market Day Range 5.86 - 6.25
Regular Market Open 5.88
Regular Market Previous Close 5.91
Regular Market Price 6.13
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 43,734
Return On Assets 0.00906
Return On Equity -1.47131
Revenue Growth -0.033
Revenue Per Share 19.497
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Shares Outstanding 4,471,989
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.019
Shares Short 84,759
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 45,372
Short Name Harvard Bioscience, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0249
Short Ratio 1.6
Source Interval 15
State MA
Symbol HBIO
Target High Price 6.0
Target Low Price 6.0
Target Mean Price 6.0
Target Median Price 6.0
Total Cash 8,614,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.926
Total Debt 44,277,000
Total Revenue 86,550,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -12.8
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 5.40735
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.72265005
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.13364218
Type Disp Equity
Volume 43,734
Website https://www.harvardbioscience.com
Zip 1,746