Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.

NasdaqGS:PACB Stock Report

Market Cap: US$424.8m

Pacific Biosciences of California Valuation

Is PACB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PACB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PACB ($1.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($9.97)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PACB is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PACB?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

PACB key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA-2.5x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does PACB's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for PACB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average7.2x
CYRX Cryoport
3.4x9.1%US$789.6m
CTKB Cytek Biosciences
3.9x12.4%US$758.8m
BLFS BioLife Solutions
5.3x12.4%US$761.0m
OABI OmniAb
16x21.4%US$548.1m
PACB Pacific Biosciences of California
2.1x21.1%US$424.8m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: PACB is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the peer average (7.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PACB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Life Sciences Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.8%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: PACB is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the US Life Sciences industry average (3.3x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PACB's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PACB PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.1x
Fair PS Ratio3.8x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: PACB is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PACB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$1.56
US$5.82
+273.0%
60.5%US$13.00US$2.50n/a11
Apr ’25US$3.65
US$10.05
+175.2%
22.9%US$15.00US$6.50n/a11
Mar ’25US$5.19
US$10.54
+103.1%
23.7%US$15.00US$6.50n/a12
Feb ’25US$6.76
US$12.21
+80.6%
26.9%US$19.00US$8.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$9.81
US$11.92
+21.5%
27.9%US$19.00US$8.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$8.88
US$12.67
+42.6%
31.5%US$20.00US$8.00n/a12
Nov ’24US$5.97
US$13.00
+117.8%
29.3%US$20.00US$8.00n/a12
Oct ’24US$8.35
US$14.75
+76.6%
20.9%US$20.00US$9.00n/a12
Sep ’24US$11.41
US$15.55
+36.2%
15.1%US$20.00US$13.00n/a11
Aug ’24US$13.34
US$14.73
+10.4%
16.9%US$20.00US$12.00n/a11
Jul ’24US$13.30
US$14.73
+10.7%
16.9%US$20.00US$12.00n/a11
Jun ’24US$12.86
US$13.56
+5.4%
10.5%US$17.00US$12.00n/a9
May ’24US$11.31
US$12.38
+9.4%
13.4%US$15.00US$10.00n/a8
Apr ’24US$11.58
US$12.38
+6.9%
13.4%US$15.00US$10.00US$3.658
Mar ’24US$8.77
US$12.13
+38.3%
11.2%US$14.00US$10.00US$5.198
Feb ’24US$11.48
US$12.14
+5.8%
10.3%US$14.00US$10.00US$6.767
Jan ’24US$8.18
US$12.33
+50.8%
12.1%US$14.00US$10.00US$9.816
Dec ’23US$11.08
US$12.33
+11.3%
12.1%US$14.00US$10.00US$8.886
Nov ’23US$8.81
US$9.67
+9.7%
22.1%US$12.00US$6.00US$5.976
Oct ’23US$5.81
US$10.00
+72.3%
25.8%US$14.00US$6.00US$8.356
Sep ’23US$5.89
US$10.00
+69.8%
25.8%US$14.00US$6.00US$11.416
Aug ’23US$4.47
US$14.17
+216.9%
36.3%US$20.00US$6.00US$13.346
Jul ’23US$4.47
US$16.17
+261.7%
41.9%US$27.00US$6.00US$13.306
Jun ’23US$5.13
US$16.17
+215.1%
41.9%US$27.00US$6.00US$12.866
May ’23US$6.34
US$20.83
+228.6%
30.2%US$30.00US$13.00US$11.316
Apr ’23US$9.48
US$23.00
+142.6%
41.2%US$40.00US$13.00US$11.586

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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