Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (NASDAQ: PACB) is -82.36% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $1.16 and a high of $10.65 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PACB stock was last observed hovering at around $1.74 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.01%.
Currently trading at $1.73, the stock is 5.70% and 2.51% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.3 million and changing -0.57% at the moment leaves the stock -53.30% off its SMA200. PACB registered -80.65% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -52.08%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $1.6902 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $3.6706.
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The stock witnessed a 10.90% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 23.57%, and is -7.49% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 9.83% over the week and 10.51% over the month.
Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (PACB) has around 796 employees, a market worth around $471.48M and $188.87M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -211.99%. Distance from 52-week low is 49.14% and -83.76% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-28.49%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 2.22% this year.
Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (PACB) Top Institutional Holders
323.0 institutions hold shares in Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (PACB), with institutional investors hold 87.58% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 267.74M, and float is at 259.95M with Short Float at 23.48%. Institutions hold 85.94% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is ARK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC with over 33.21 million shares valued at $45.5 million. The investor’s holdings represent 12.3202% of the PACB Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 26.0 million shares valued at $35.62 million to account for 9.6443 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 23.61 million shares representing 8.7576% and valued at over $32.34 million, while MADRONE ADVISORS, LLC holds 8.6772 of the shares totaling 23.39 million with a market value of $32.05 million.
Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (PACB) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by HENRY CHRISTIAN O. SEC filings show that HENRY CHRISTIAN O sold 98,907 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 16 ’24 at a price of $1.75 per share for a total of $0.17 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2.5 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 19 ’24, Eidel Jeff () disposed off 26,760 shares at an average price of $1.59 for $42602.0. The insider now directly holds 869,730 shares of Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (PACB).
