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Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (PACB)

Healthcare | Medical Devices | Menlo Park, United States | NasdaqGS
1.69 USD +0.06 (3.681%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 1.70 +0.01 (0.592%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:45 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:04 p.m. EDT

PACB is currently in a volatile and uncertain position, with a high beta and negative earnings, indicating significant risk. The recent price movements show a lack of clear momentum, and the stock has been trading below its 52-week low. While there are some positive analyst recommendations, the overall fundamentals and forecast suggest a lack of strong growth potential. The absence of dividends and the high debt-to-equity ratio make it a risky investment for both short-term and long-term investors. The options activity suggests a mixed outlook, with both bullish and bearish signals, but the overall market conditions and company performance indicate caution.

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AutoARIMA0.498060
MSTL0.504066
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Forecast Reliability
Score 47%
H-stat 2.89
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.034
Excess Kurtosis 0.33
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Debt to Equity Ratio 13131.838
Revenue per Share 0.533
Market Cap 510,377,152
Forward P/E -4.06
Beta 2.33
Website https://www.pacb.com

As of April 11, 2026, 3:04 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing a mix of sentiment. The calls have significant open interest and volume at strikes above the current price, indicating potential bullish sentiment for higher prices. However, the puts also show activity at lower strikes, suggesting some bearish positioning. The implied volatility (IV) is relatively low, which may indicate a lack of confidence or uncertainty about future price movements. The overall options activity suggests a cautious outlook with potential for both upward and downward movements, depending on the strike prices and expiration dates.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.4824561
Address1 1,305 O’Brien Drive
All Time High 53.69
All Time Low 0.85
Ask 2.13
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 2.1 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 5,449,480
Average Daily Volume3 Month 6,526,353
Average Volume 6,526,353
Average Volume10Days 5,449,480
Beta 2.332
Bid 1.26
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 3
Book Value 0.018
City Menlo Park
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.69
Current Ratio 5.15
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 1.75
Day Low 1.66
Debt To Equity 13,131.838
Display Name Pacific Biosciences of California
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,185,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,185,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,184,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,184,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,184,000
Ebitda -169,226,000
Ebitda Margins -1.0576301
Enterprise To Ebitda -5.515
Enterprise To Revenue 5.833
Enterprise Value 933,293,120
Eps Current Year -0.50786
Eps Forward -0.41617
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.82
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 650 618 2699
Fifty Day Average 1.5106
Fifty Day Average Change 0.17940009
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.11876082
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 48.24561
Fifty Two Week High 2.73
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.04
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.38095236
Fifty Two Week Low 0.85
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.84000003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.9882353
Fifty Two Week Range 0.85 - 2.73
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,288,186,200,000
Float Shares 293,747,699
Forward Eps -0.41617
Forward P E -4.0608406
Free Cashflow 97,545,624
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 485
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.34280998
Gross Profits 54,852,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.09345999
Held Percent Institutions 0.59419
Implied Shares Outstanding 301,998,292
Industry Medical Devices
Industry Disp Medical Devices
Industry Key medical-devices
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures sequencing solutions to resolve genetically complex problems. The company provides sequencing systems; consumable products, including single molecule real-time (SMRT) technology; long-read sequencing; and various reagent kits designed for specific workflow, such as preparation kit to convert DNA into SMRTbell double-stranded DNA library formats, including molecular biology reagents, such as ligase, buffers, and exonucleases. It also offers binding kits, such as modified DNA polymerase used to bind SMRTbell libraries to the polymerase in preparation for sequencing; and sequencing kits comprise reagents required for on-instrument, real-time sequencing, including the phospholinked nucleotides. In addition, the company provides Revio, Vega, and Sequel instruments which conduct, monitor, and analyze single-molecule biochemical reactions on SMRT cell microchips; short-read sequencing; and onso instrument. It serves academic and governmental research institutions, commercial testing and service laboratories, genome centers, public health labs, hospitals and clinical research institutes, contract research organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and agricultural companies. The company markets its products through a sales force and distribution partners in Australia, certain parts of Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Central America, and South America. It has a collaboration with DNAstack Inc. to provide federated dataset of HiFi whole genome sequencing data. The company was formerly known as Nanofluidics, Inc. and changed its name to Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. in 2005. Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Long Name Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 510,377,152
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_11461617
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -546,376,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 510,377,113
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 1.66
Operating Cashflow -111,209,000
Operating Margins -1.34537
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 650 521 8000
Post Market Change 0.00999999
Post Market Change Percent 0.5917154
Post Market Price 1.7
Post Market Time 1,776,469,515
Previous Close 1.63
Price Eps Current Year -3.327689
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 93.88889
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.1897576
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 4.324
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.125
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0600001
Regular Market Change Percent 3.68099
Regular Market Day High 1.75
Regular Market Day Low 1.66
Regular Market Day Range 1.66 - 1.75
Regular Market Open 1.66
Regular Market Previous Close 1.63
Regular Market Price 1.69
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 8,390,043
Return On Assets -0.33728
Return On Equity -2.13452
Revenue Growth 0.138
Revenue Per Share 0.533
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 301,998,292
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1511
Shares Short 45,631,632
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 38,191,242
Short Name Pacific Biosciences of Californ
Short Percent Of Float 0.1718
Short Ratio 7.76
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol PACB
Target High Price 3.0
Target Low Price 1.0
Target Mean Price 2.5
Target Median Price 3.0
Total Cash 279,505,984
Total Cash Per Share 0.926
Total Debt 702,422,016
Total Revenue 160,004,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.82
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 1.6757
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.014300108
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.008533812
Type Disp Equity
Volume 8,390,043
Website https://www.pacb.com
Zip 94,025