Laboratory Analytical Instruments · SIC 3826

PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.

PACB

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Latest revenue

$37.2M

as of 2026-03-31

Latest net income

$-8.3M

as of 2026-03-31

Net margin

-22.3%

as of 2026-03-31

Price · 5Y

-46.3% / yr 60.1 pts / yr vs S&P 500 95.5% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$1.22
2.40%
Market cap
$378.9M
Enterprise value
$378.9M
P/E (trailing)
Forward P/E
P/B
Dividend yield
0.0%
52-wk high
$2.73
52-wk low
$0.85
Beta
Shares out
310.6M

5-year trend

What this company does

AI

Pacific Biosciences builds DNA sequencing machines, chips, and reagents that read genomes with long, highly accurate 'HiFi' reads, used by researchers studying rare diseases, cancer, pathogens, crops, and livestock. The company earns revenue selling instruments and recurring consumables (SMRT Cells and reagents) plus related services to academic labs, hospitals, pharma, and agricultural customers. In January 2026 PacBio sold its short-read sequencing assets, including the 2023 Apton acquisition technology, to Illumina for roughly $48 million net, refocusing the business entirely on long-read HiFi sequencing.

Generated from PACB's filing dated 2026-02-25

Key risks

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  • Concentration risk: customer base skews to academic/government labs vulnerable to NIH and federal research funding cuts impacting capital equipment budgets.
  • Strategic retreat: sold short-read sequencing assets (Apton tech) to rival Illumina for just $48.1M net, narrowing platform to long-read only.
  • Competitive pressure: faces Illumina and Oxford Nanopore in long-read sequencing while ceding short-read market entirely back to Illumina.

Generated from PACB's filing dated 2026-02-25

Profitability

Gross margin

28.6%

18.2%

Operating margin

-346.2%

12.4%

Net margin

-341.5%

69.7%

Return on equity

-10214.5%

16600.4%

Return on assets

-69.7%

183.5%

Leverage

Debt / equity

145.58×

9683.4%

Long-term debt / equity

120.65×

9339.9%

Debt / assets

99.3%

66.1%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-03-31

$37.2M+0.1%$-8.3M+98.1%-22.3%

Q4 2025

2025-12-31

$44.6M+13.8%$-40.4M-1802.7%-90.4%

Q3 2025

2025-09-30

$38.4M-3.8%$-38.0M+37.4%-98.9%

Q2 2025

2025-06-30

$39.8M+10.4%$-41.9M+75.8%-105.4%

Q1 2025

2025-03-31

$37.2M-4.3%$-426.1M-445.0%-1146.8%

Q4 2024

2024-12-31

$39.2M$2.4M6.0%

Q3 2024

2024-09-30

$40.0M-28.2%$-60.7M+9.2%-151.9%

Q2 2024

2024-06-30

$36.0M-24.3%$-173.3M-148.2%-481.3%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

Industry trend

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$0

Insider selling

$1.3M

Net activity

−$1.3M

Distinct insiders

4

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-04-01

James R Gibson II

Chief Financial Officer

Sale88,185$1.37$120.8K
2026-03-03

Christian O Henry

President & CEO

Sale12,497$1.51$18.9K
2026-03-03

Mark Van Oene

Chief Operating Officer

Sale6,504$1.51$9.8K
2026-03-03

Michele Farmer

Chief Accounting Officer

Sale2,979$1.51$4.5K
2026-02-18

Mark Van Oene

Chief Operating Officer

Sale55,107$1.63$89.8K
2026-02-18

Christian O Henry

President & CEO

Sale140,874$1.63$229.5K
2026-02-18

Michele Farmer

Chief Accounting Officer

Sale14,952$1.63$24.4K
2026-02-17

Mark Van Oene

Chief Operating Officer

Sale129,790$1.58$204.5K
2026-02-17

Christian O Henry

President & CEO

Sale331,793$1.58$522.9K
2026-02-17

Michele Farmer

Chief Accounting Officer

Sale35,215$1.58$55.5K
2025-08-18

Mark Van Oene

Chief Operating Officer

Sale26,836$1.31$35.2K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns PACB

Institutional value

$148.8M

Total shares held

113.4M

Distinct holders

132

-83 vs prior

As of

2026-03-31

Prior: 2025-12-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1ARK Investment Management LLC36.3M$47.9M-990.9K (-2.7%)Trimmed
2BlackRock, Inc.25.3M$33.4M+1.9M (+8.2%)Added
3VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC12.8M$16.9MNew
4Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc.7.0M$9.3M-770.6K (-9.9%)Trimmed
5Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.7.0M$9.2M-770.6K (-9.9%)Trimmed
6Nuveen, LLC3.0M$3.9M+2.1M (+247.9%)Added
7VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC2.9M$3.8MNew
8VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO2.0M$2.6MNew
9IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) Ltd1.8M$2.4M-106.5K (-5.6%)Trimmed
10UBS Group AG1.6M$2.2M-1.5M (-48.3%)Trimmed
11Invesco Ltd.1.5M$1.9M+35.1K (+2.5%)Added
12JANE STREET GROUP, LLC1.4M$1.8M-110.4K (-7.4%)Trimmed
13BOURNE LENT ASSET MANAGEMENT INC951.1K$1.3M-16.0K (-1.7%)Trimmed
14DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP899.5K$1.2M+575.8K (+177.9%)Added
15Bank of New York Mellon Corp813.4K$1.1M-21.2K (-2.5%)Trimmed
16Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH808.7K$1.1M+0 (+0.0%)No change
17Mirador Capital Partners LP604.9K$798.4K+13.9K (+2.3%)Added
18Russell Investments Group, Ltd.469.9K$620.2K+446.0K (+1866.0%)Added
19GROUP ONE TRADING LLC365.0K$481.8K-95.2K (-20.7%)Trimmed
20RHUMBLINE ADVISERS348.9K$460.6K-12.0K (-3.3%)Trimmed

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

AI
  1. 1

    The $50M Illumina asset sale nets only $48.1M after Apton—does this signal Onso short-read is dead and write-downs are coming?

  2. 2

    With Illumina now licensing your short-read IP, what non-compete or field-of-use restrictions limit PacBio's clinical market expansion?

  3. 3

    Given persistent cash burn, what's your runway post-$48M proceeds, and when do you commit to a specific path to cash-flow breakeven?

Refreshed when PACB files a new report · last from 2026-02-25