How to buy BioLife Solutions stock | $40.93

BioLife Solutions Inc is a medical instruments & supplies business based in the US. BioLife Solutions shares (BLFS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. BioLife Solutions employs 193 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

BioLife Solutions stock price (NASDAQ: BLFS)

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BioLife Solutions shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-10-10.

Latest market close	$40.93
52-week range	$27.42 - $60.67
50-day moving average	$48.56
200-day moving average	$41.47
Wall St. target price	$62.14
PE ratio	336.6667
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.11

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BioLife Solutions price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $40.93 from 2021-10-15

1 week (2021-10-08)	6.64%
1 month (2021-09-17)	-13.81%
3 months (2021-07-16)	-7.75%
6 months (2021-04-16)	19.78%

1 year (2020-10-16)	45.30%
2 years (2019-10-17)	145.53%
3 years (2018-10-17)	208.67%
5 years (2016-10-17)	2,365.66%

Is BioLife Solutions under- or over-valued?

Valuing BioLife Solutions stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of BioLife Solutions's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

BioLife Solutions's P/E ratio

BioLife Solutions's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 337x. In other words, BioLife Solutions shares trade at around 337x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

BioLife Solutions's PEG ratio

BioLife Solutions's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 200.7. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into BioLife Solutions's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

BioLife Solutions's EBITDA

BioLife Solutions's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a BioLife Solutions's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

BioLife Solutions financials

Revenue TTM	$74.1 million
Gross profit TTM	$27.9 million
Return on assets TTM	-1%
Return on equity TTM	1.25%
Profit margin	4.72%
Book value	$11.15
Market capitalisation	$1.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting BioLife Solutions shares

There are currently 2.1 million BioLife Solutions shares held short by investors – that's known as BioLife Solutions's "short interest". This figure is 17% down from 2.5 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting BioLife Solutions shares can be evaluated.

BioLife Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

BioLife Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of BioLife Solutions shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of BioLife Solutions shares traded daily (recently around 851525.81967213). BioLife Solutions's SIR currently stands at 2.44. In other words for every 100,000 BioLife Solutions shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2440 shares are currently held short.

However BioLife Solutions's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of BioLife Solutions shares, or, against the total number of tradable BioLife Solutions shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case BioLife Solutions's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 BioLife Solutions shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0715% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable BioLife Solutions shares, roughly 72 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against BioLife Solutions.

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BioLife Solutions share dividends

We're not expecting BioLife Solutions to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have BioLife Solutions's shares ever split?

BioLife Solutions's shares were split on a 1:14 basis on 28 January 2014. So if you had owned 14 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your BioLife Solutions shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 1300% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for BioLife Solutions shares which in turn could have impacted BioLife Solutions's share price.

BioLife Solutions share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, BioLife Solutions's shares have ranged in value from as little as $27.42 up to $60.67. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while BioLife Solutions's is 1.5534. This would suggest that BioLife Solutions's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

BioLife Solutions overview

BioLife Solutions, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies bioproduction tools and services for the cell and gene therapy industry in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company's products are used in the basic and applied research, and commercial manufacturing of biologic-based therapies. It offers proprietary biopreservation media products, including HypoThermosol FRS and CryoStor that are formulated to mitigate preservation-induced, delayed-onset cell damage and death; and the ThawSTAR line that includes automated vial and cryobag thawing products that control the heat and timing of the thawing process of biologic materials. The company also provides evo shipping containers that are cloud-connected passive storage and transport containers for temperature-sensitive biologics and pharmaceuticals; liquid nitrogen laboratory freezers, cryogenic equipment, and accessories; and biological and pharmaceutical storage services. The company markets and sells its products directly, as well as through third party distributors. BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of BioLife Solutions is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 10.393% of BioLife Solutions shares are held by insiders and 72.16% by institutions. How many people work for BioLife Solutions?
Latest data suggests 193 work at BioLife Solutions. When does the fiscal year end for BioLife Solutions?
BioLife Solutions's fiscal year ends in December. Where is BioLife Solutions based?
BioLife Solutions's address is: 3303 Monte Villa Parkway, Bothell, WA, United States, 98021 What is BioLife Solutions's ISIN number?
BioLife Solutions's international securities identification number is: US09062W2044 What is BioLife Solutions's CUSIP number?
BioLife Solutions's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 09062W105