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Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (PCRX)

Healthcare | Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic | Brisbane, United States | NasdaqGS
25.54 USD +0.06 (0.235%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 25.54

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:07 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is cautiously optimistic, driven by a distinct shift in sentiment where traders are buying calls at strikes significantly above the current price while simultaneously hedging against a crash via expensive put options. This divergence suggests a belief in a potential catalyst or recovery, though the market remains deeply anxious about a sharp drop. Long-term, the picture is mixed. While the company recently turned the corner with a positive year-over-year gain, the broader nine-year trajectory remains a structural decline of roughly 37%. The market has punished the stock heavily, leaving it trading at a massive trailing P/E of 196x, which reflects extreme skepticism about future earnings power rather than a margin of safety. The balance sheet is technically healthy with low debt, but the lack of a dividend and the history of volatile performance prevent a top-tier 'buy and hold' rating. It is a turnaround story that has finally stopped bleeding, but the road to restoring full confidence is long.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.040467
AutoETS0.040467
AutoTheta0.040979
MSTL0.042591
MSTL_1150.046715
MSTL_700.053157
MSTL_70_1150.055994

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 1.48
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.079
Excess Kurtosis -1.40
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Debt to Equity Ratio 62.882
Revenue per Share 17.045
Market Cap 1,004,945,984
Trailing P/E 196.46
Forward P/E 7.00
Beta 0.27
Profit Margins 0.70%
Website https://www.pacira.com

As of July 11, 2026, 4:07 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate upside move, evidenced by heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes $30 and $40) relative to puts. However, the implied volatility surface shows a significant skew, with put IV nearly 2.5x higher than call IV, indicating deep fear regarding downside protection despite the bullish positioning.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.09309304
Address1 2,000 Sierra Point Parkway
Address2 Suite 900
All Time High 121.95
All Time Low 6.16
Ask 32.43
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 2.3 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 506,070
Average Daily Volume3 Month 521,101
Average Volume 521,101
Average Volume10Days 506,070
Beta 0.271
Bid 18.3
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 4
Book Value 16.634
City Brisbane
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 25.54
Current Ratio 4.734
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 25.89
Day Low 25.255
Debt To Equity 62.882
Display Name Pacira BioSciences
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,581,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,581,000
Earnings Growth -0.3
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.394
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,579,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,579,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,579,200
Ebitda 121,288,000
Ebitda Margins 0.16504999
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.009
Enterprise To Revenue 1.652
Enterprise Value 1,213,944,960
Eps Current Year 2.87698
Eps Forward 3.64778
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.13
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 23.752
Fifty Day Average Change 1.7880001
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.07527787
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 9.309303
Fifty Two Week High 27.64
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.0999985
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.07597679
Fifty Two Week Low 18.8
Fifty Two Week Low Change 6.7400017
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.35851073
Fifty Two Week Range 18.8 - 27.64
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,296,743,400,000
Float Shares 33,707,399
Forward Eps 3.64778
Forward P E 7.001519
Free Cashflow 98,615,624
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 825
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.79335
Gross Profits 583,008,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.017690001
Held Percent Institutions 1.15562
Implied Shares Outstanding 39,347,924
Industry Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
Industry Disp Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
Industry Key drug-manufacturers-specialty-generic
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Pacira BioSciences, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of non-opioid pain management and regenerative health solutions to healthcare practitioners in the United States. The company offers EXPAREL, a bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension for postsurgical pain management; ZILRETTA, a triamcinolone acetonide extended-release injectable suspension indicated for the management of osteoarthritis and knee pain; and iovera system, a non-opioid handheld cryoanalgesia device used to deliver controlled doses of cold temperature to targeted nerves to produce neurolytic block that interrupts the pain-transmitting signals of a peripheral nerve. It also develops PCRX-201, a novel gene therapy vector platform enabling local administration of genetic medicines with the potential to treat large prevalent diseases like osteoarthritis. It has a development and commercialization, and supply agreement with Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. for NOCITA, a bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension product for use in animals. The company was formerly known as Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Pacira BioSciences, Inc. in April 2019. Pacira BioSciences, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Brisbane, California.
Long Name Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,004,945,984
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_27508
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 5,138,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,002,191,624
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 25.395
Operating Cashflow 142,215,008
Operating Margins 0.02607
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 11.21
Phone 650 242 8052
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 25.54
Post Market Time 1,783,981,117
Previous Close 25.48
Price Eps Current Year 8.877364
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.5354093
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.3675265
Profit Margins 0.00699
Quick Ratio 3.014
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.33333
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0600014
Regular Market Change Percent 0.235484
Regular Market Day High 25.89
Regular Market Day Low 25.255
Regular Market Day Range 25.255 - 25.89
Regular Market Open 25.395
Regular Market Previous Close 25.48
Regular Market Price 25.54
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 437,576
Return On Assets 0.013459999
Return On Equity 0.00708
Revenue Growth 0.05
Revenue Per Share 17.045
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 39,347,924
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1674
Shares Short 6,587,848
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 6,596,044
Short Name Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.24209999
Short Ratio 13.85
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol PCRX
Target High Price 38.0
Target Low Price 23.0
Target Mean Price 29.66667
Target Median Price 28.5
Total Cash 202,180,000
Total Cash Per Share 5.138
Total Debt 411,179,008
Total Revenue 734,864,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.13
Trailing P E 196.46155
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 23.37795
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.1620502
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.092482455
Type Disp Equity
Volume 437,576
Website https://www.pacira.com
Zip 94,005