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Illumina, Inc. (ILMN)

Healthcare | Diagnostics & Research | San Diego, United States | NasdaqGS
134.50 USD +1.78 (1.341%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 134.21 -0.29 (-0.290%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:16 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:31 p.m. EDT

ILMN is showing distinct bullish option flow despite a neutral fundamental forecast; retail and directional funds are positioning for a breakout toward the 150-160 range by relying on technicals rather than earnings beat consensus, suggesting a 'momentum play' is likely rather than a value buy.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.188134
AutoETS0.188134
AutoTheta0.188194
MSTL0.193259

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 58%
H-stat 0.82
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.003
Excess Kurtosis 1.44
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Debt to Equity Ratio 93.757
Revenue per Share 28.019
Market Cap 20,565,049,344
Trailing P/E 24.68
Forward P/E 23.09
Beta 1.49
Profit Margins 19.57%
Website https://www.illumina.com

As of April 18, 2026, 10:31 p.m. EDT: Call buyers are significantly longer, establishing call walls at 150-160 strikes across multiple months (May, Sep, Dec 2027). This indicates a strong speculative bias for upside, with volume exceeding open interest at distant strikes like 160 (Sep 2026) and 180 (Jan 2027). Speculators are pricing in a move from current 134.50 toward these levels. Conversely, put activity is heavily concentrated in insurance (several months OTM), protecting downside rather than betting on a crash, though there is notable protective put buying at 120-115. The risk-reward ratio favors the bulls based on options positioning.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.8680556
Address1 5,200 Illumina Way
All Time High 540.6323
All Time Low 0.831712
Ask 134.67
Ask Size 3
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 2.3 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,461,100
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,943,150
Average Volume 1,943,150
Average Volume10Days 1,461,100
Beta 1.493
Bid 128.47
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 2
Book Value 17.797
City San Diego
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 134.5
Current Ratio 2.075
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 135.58
Day Low 130.57
Debt To Equity 93.757
Display Name Illumina
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,581,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,581,000
Earnings Growth 0.864
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.786
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,579,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,579,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,579,200
Ebitda 1,139,000,064
Ebitda Margins 0.26226
Enterprise To Ebitda 18.863
Enterprise To Revenue 4.947
Enterprise Value 21,485,049,856
Eps Current Year 5.11765
Eps Forward 5.82414
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.45
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 858 202 4766
Fifty Day Average 123.9906
Fifty Day Average Change 10.509399
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.084759645
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 86.80556
Fifty Two Week High 155.53
Fifty Two Week High Change -21.029999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.13521506
Fifty Two Week Low 69.83
Fifty Two Week Low Change 64.67
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.9261062
Fifty Two Week Range 69.83 - 155.53
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 964,791,000,000
Float Shares 148,624,916
Forward Eps 5.82414
Forward P E 23.093538
Free Cashflow 786,000,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 8,600
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.68248004
Gross Profits 2,964,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0021600001
Held Percent Institutions 1.07917
Implied Shares Outstanding 152,900,000
Industry Diagnostics & Research
Industry Disp Diagnostics & Research
Industry Key diagnostics-research
Ir Website http://investor.illumina.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=121127&p=IROL-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,766,880,000
Last Split Date 1,719,273,600
Last Split Factor 1,028:1000
Long Business Summary Illumina, Inc. provides sequencing- and array-based solutions for genetic and genomic analysis in the Americas, Europe, Greater China, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers sequencing- and array-based instruments and consumables, which include reagents, flow cells, and library preparation; whole-genome sequencing kits, which sequence entire genomes of various size and complexity; and targeted resequencing kits, which sequence exomes, specific genes, and RNA or other genomic regions of interest. It also provides whole-genome sequencing, genotyping, noninvasive prenatal testing, and product support services. The company serves genomic research centers, academic institutions, government laboratories, and hospitals, as well as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, commercial molecular diagnostic laboratories, and consumer genomics companies. The company markets and distributes its products directly to customers, as well as through life-science distributors. The company has a collaboration with Labcorp Holdings Inc. for the development of oncology treatments through applications of sequencing solutions across the healthcare ecosystem. It also has a data partnership with Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine to advance research in pediatric cancer and rare disease. Illumina, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Long Name Illumina, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 20,565,049,344
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_29753
Most Recent Quarter 1,766,880,000
Net Income To Common 850,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,416,000
Non Diluted Market Cap 20,431,480,067
Number Of Analyst Opinions 18
Open 133.47
Operating Cashflow 1,079,000,064
Operating Margins 0.19672
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 2.42
Phone 858 202 4500
Post Market Change -0.2899933
Post Market Change Percent -0.21560839
Post Market Price 134.21
Post Market Time 1,776,467,782
Previous Close 132.72
Price Eps Current Year 26.281593
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 7.557453
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.7352176
Profit Margins 0.19572
Quick Ratio 1.582
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.31579
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.78
Regular Market Change Percent 1.34117
Regular Market Day High 135.58
Regular Market Day Low 130.57
Regular Market Day Range 130.57 - 135.58
Regular Market Open 133.47
Regular Market Previous Close 132.72
Regular Market Price 134.5
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 1,537,131
Return On Assets 0.083900005
Return On Equity 0.33359
Revenue Growth 0.05
Revenue Per Share 28.019
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 151,906,915
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0458
Shares Short 6,955,511
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 7,164,759
Short Name Illumina, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0746
Short Ratio 4.78
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol ILMN
Target High Price 170.0
Target Low Price 80.0
Target Mean Price 136.11111
Target Median Price 140.0
Total Cash 1,632,999,936
Total Cash Per Share 10.68
Total Debt 2,552,999,936
Total Revenue 4,343,000,064
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 5.45
Trailing P E 24.6789
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.4503
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 116.54655
Two Hundred Day Average Change 17.953453
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.15404534
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,537,131
Website https://www.illumina.com
Zip 92,122