Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (PACB): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (NASDAQ:PACB) currently has a daily average trading volume of 8.07M but it saw 12944264 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 588.66M USD, the company’s current market price of $2.16 came rising about 4.85 while comparing to the previous closing price of $2.06. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $10.65 and as low as $1.16. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $2.015 while lowest mark touched by it was $2.4.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (PACB) gives us an average price of $1.85, while its current price level is -79.72% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 86.21% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $1.72 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $2.74. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 10.06% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 9.59%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 63.88 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Jefferies which resumed the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on June 03, 2024, recommending a price target of $4 for it. Goldman issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $7 and $2.50.

Over the week, PACB’s stock price is moving 23.43% up while it is 33.33% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -77.98% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -69.62%.

Currently, Pacific Biosciences of California Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 267.74M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -28.49% and return on equity (ROE) at -70.57%. Stock’s beta reads 2.05. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.19 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.12. Its return on asset (ROA) is -23.85% on average.