Bull
$1.08
Scenario price
$1.400
-0.136 (-9.68%)At close
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. is a life science technology company. The Company designs, develops, and manufactures sequencing solutions. Its products and technology include HiFi long-read sequencing technology, which addresses a set of applications including human germline sequencing, plant and animal sciences, infectious disease, microbiology, oncology, and other applications. Its sequencing technology supports oncology research by enabling analysis of both deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), providing researchers with insight into cancer biology. It focuses on creating sequencing systems to provide customers with a view of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes. Its customers include academic and governmental research institutions, commercial testing and service laboratories, genome centers, public health labs, hospitals and clinical research institutes, contract research organizations (CROs), pharmaceutical companies, and agricultural companies.
Pacific Biosciences (PACB) is currently not a strong buy due to its recent performance and outlook. The stock is priced at $1.40, which is below the analyst target of $1.50, indicating limited upside potential. Additionally, the company reported a significant year-to-date decline of 23.91% and has a negative forward P/E ratio of 0, reflecting uncertainty in future earnings. The recent resignation of the CEO and a downgraded revenue outlook for 2026 to $155-$165 million further complicate the investment case. The main risk lies in the company's high debt-to-equity ratio of 27223.46%, which poses a financial stability concern. Overall, while there are some positive indicators, such as a recent 5-day price increase of 3.70%, the overall sentiment and financial metrics suggest holding rather than buying at this time.
Barclays
$1
2026-05-11
Barclays
2026-05-11
Price Target
$1
Barclays
$1
2026-04-14
Barclays
2026-04-14
Price Target
$1
Barclays
$1.50
2026-03-06
Barclays
2026-03-06
Price Target
$1.50
Barclays
$2
2025-12-15
Barclays
2025-12-15
Price Target
$2
Piper Sandler
$2
2025-11-11
Piper Sandler
2025-11-11
Price Target
$2
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Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. is a life science technology company. The Company designs, develops, and manufactures sequencing solutions. Its products and technology include HiFi long-read sequencing technology, which addresses a set of applications including human germline sequencing, plant and animal sciences, infectious disease, microbiology, oncology, and other applications. Its sequencing technology supports oncology research by enabling analysis of both deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), providing researchers with insight into cancer biology. It focuses on creating sequencing systems to provide customers with a view of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes. Its customers include academic and governmental research institutions, commercial testing and service laboratories, genome centers, public health labs, hospitals and clinical research institutes, contract research organizations (CROs), pharmaceutical companies, and agricultural companies. It operates in the Healthcare sector (LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS industry).
Pacific Biosciences (PACB) is currently not a strong buy due to its recent performance and outlook. The stock is priced at $1.40, which is below the analyst target of $1.50, indicating limited upside potential. Additionally, the company reported a significant year-to-date decline of 23.91% and has a negative forward P/E ratio of 0, reflecting uncertainty in future earnings. The recent resignation of the CEO and a downgraded revenue outlook for 2026 to $155-$165 million further complicate the investment case. The main risk lies in the company's high debt-to-equity ratio of 27223.46%, which poses a financial stability concern. Overall, while there are some positive indicators, such as a recent 5-day price increase of 3.70%, the overall sentiment and financial metrics suggest holding rather than buying at this time.
6 analysts cover PACB: 2 rate it Buy, 4 Hold and 0 Sell. The average price target is 2.40.
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