Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.

NasdaqGS:PACB Stock Report

Market Cap: US$539.5m

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 ($1.97) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($4.1)

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?

Key metric: As PACB is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for PACB. This is calculated by dividing PACB's market cap by their current revenue.
What is PACB's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio3.1x
SalesUS$173.15m
Market CapUS$539.51m

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 Average4.2x
SLGC Standard BioTools
4.8x16.4%US$396.2m
CDXC ChromaDex
4.6x18.1%US$420.3m
CTKB Cytek Biosciences
4x11.0%US$814.1m
MLAB Mesa Laboratories
3.1x5.6%US$717.4m
PACB Pacific Biosciences of California
3.1x19.5%US$539.5m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: PACB is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.1x) compared to the peer average (4.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

8 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FTRE Fortrea Holdings
0.6x2.4%US$1.73b
ATLN Atlantic International
0.6xn/aUS$256.75m
NOTV Inotiv
0.2x6.0%US$106.14m
SNCE Science 37 Holdings
0.6x17.5%US$34.67m
PACB 3.1xIndustry Avg. 3.4xNo. of Companies8PS02.85.68.411.214+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: PACB is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.1x) compared to the US Life Sciences industry average (3.4x).

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 Ratio3.1x
Fair PS Ratio4.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: PACB is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (4.5x).

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$1.97
US$3.02
+53.3%
37.1%US$6.00US$2.00n/a12
Dec ’25US$1.91
US$3.02
+58.2%
37.1%US$6.00US$2.00n/a12
Nov ’25US$2.44
US$3.09
+26.7%
44.6%US$7.00US$2.00n/a11
Oct ’25US$1.62
US$3.00
+85.2%
47.1%US$7.00US$2.00n/a11
Sep ’25US$1.37
US$3.00
+119.0%
47.1%US$7.00US$2.00n/a11
Aug ’25US$1.92
US$4.25
+121.4%
71.8%US$13.00US$2.00n/a12
Jul ’25US$1.20
US$4.25
+254.2%
71.8%US$13.00US$2.00n/a12
Jun ’25US$1.79
US$4.27
+138.7%
74.6%US$13.00US$2.00n/a11
May ’25US$1.69
US$5.82
+244.3%
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$8.00US$1.9112
Nov ’24US$5.97
US$13.00
+117.8%
29.3%US$20.00US$8.00US$2.4412
Oct ’24US$8.35
US$14.75
+76.6%
20.9%US$20.00US$9.00US$1.6212
Sep ’24US$11.41
US$15.55
+36.2%
15.1%US$20.00US$13.00US$1.3711
Aug ’24US$13.34
US$14.73
+10.4%
16.9%US$20.00US$12.00US$1.9211
Jul ’24US$13.30
US$14.73
+10.7%
16.9%US$20.00US$12.00US$1.2011
Jun ’24US$12.86
US$13.56
+5.4%
10.5%US$17.00US$12.00US$1.799
May ’24US$11.31
US$12.38
+9.4%
13.4%US$15.00US$10.00US$1.698
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

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 08:04
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. is covered by 24 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Luke SergottBarclays
Kyle MiksonCanaccord Genuity
Bryan BrokmeierCantor Fitzgerald & Co.