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Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.

Health CareMedical Instruments
Ticker PACBMENLO PARK, CAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $-0.20Diluted shares 309.3M

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB) designs, develops, and manufactures sequencing systems and related products based on its Single-Molecule Real-Time technology and HiFi long-read sequencing. Its instruments, consumables, reagents, software, and sequencing services support analysis of genomes,… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. reported revenue of $161.39M, up 4.4% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $131.23M. Its operating margin was −81.3%, and operations used $136.95M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $160.00M, up 3.9% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $546.38M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$160.00MFY2025
+3.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $161.39M
-346.15%FY2025
−38.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo -81.27%
$-546.38MFY2025
−76.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $-131.23M
-9934.28%FY2025
−9909.5 percentage points
Last 12 mo 213.80%
Cash & financing
$-111.21MFY2025
+46.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $-136.95M
$-113.92MFY2025
+46.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $-143.40M
120.65FY2025
Was 1.28× a year earlier
Last 12 mo -10.48
300.0MFY2025
+4.0% year over year
Last 12 mo 309.3M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB) designs, develops, and manufactures sequencing systems and related products based on its Single-Molecule Real-Time technology and HiFi long-read sequencing. Its instruments, consumables, reagents, software, and sequencing services support analysis of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, including applications in human genomics, oncology, infectious disease, and plant and animal sciences. Customers include academic and government research institutions, commercial testing and service laboratories, genome centers, public health labs, hospitals, clinical research institutes, contract research organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and agricultural businesses. Its instrument portfolio includes the Revio, Vega, and Sequel systems; other offerings include SMRT Cells, Kinnex RNA kits, and PureTarget targeted-sequencing panels and kits. The company completed a sale of certain short-read sequencing technology assets in January 2026. As of December 31, 2025, it had 485 full-time employees. Its website is www.pacb.com.

Company details
Sector
Health Care
Industry (SIC)
Medical Instruments
Headquarters
MENLO PARK, CA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1299130
SIC
3826

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-621.07M$-397.00M$-172.93M$51.14M$275.21M201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

138
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$122.30M
held by funds, at market
24.2%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.’s weight in each

ARK Innovation ETF
ARKK · ARK ETF Trust
—of fund net assets
ARK Genomic Revolution ETF
ARKG · ARK ETF Trust
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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