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 9.86M but it saw 9845778 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 542.25M USD, the company’s current market price of $1.98 came falling about -4.81 while comparing to the previous closing price of $2.08. 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 $1.92 while lowest mark touched by it was $2.135.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (PACB) gives us an average price of $1.93, while its current price level is -81.41% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 70.69% 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 $1.92 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $2.18. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 11.25% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 13.44%. 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 51.88 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, PACB’s stock price is moving 12.50% up while it is -22.35% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -79.82% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -76.40%.

Currently, Pacific Biosciences of California Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 273.81M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -28.92% and return on equity (ROE) at -64.80%. Stock’s beta reads 1.95. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.20 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.13. Its return on asset (ROA) is -23.55% on average.