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BLFS

BioLife Solutions Inc. Common Stock

Health Care · ·

$33.93

$0.13 (+0.4%)

Market Cap

$1.66B

Day Range

$33.61 - $34.32

52-Week Range

$17.86 - $34.32

Beta

Next Earnings

04.11.2026

BLFS is a stock from the Healthcare sectorPharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, and health insurance — less sensitive to economic cycles, but exposed to regulation and FDA approvals.

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Investor Score
59/ 100C
🟡 Moderate

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈80A-Technical
💰39FFundamental
🚀82A-Growth
💎38FValuation
📰56CNews
🏦47D+Quality
⚠️62C+Risk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟡 Mixed

Technical Trend

🟢 Bullish

Insiders

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Revenue growth (last year): 28.9%
  • 🟢 Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 77.3%
  • 🟢 Free cash flow growth: 104.4%
  • 🟢 Net income growth: 77.2%
  • 🟢 Debt/equity: 0.01

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Estimated fair value: $4.59 vs. price $33.93 (-86.5%)
  • 🔴 Operating margin: -17.3% (negative)
  • 🔴 Net margin: -4.8% (negative)
  • 🔴 Operating margin is eroding over time
  • 🔴 Return on equity (ROE): -1.2% (negative)

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🔴 Operating margin stability🟢 Conservative leverage🟡 Daily volatility (ATR)🟢 Leverage risk🟢 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟡 Mixed

Everyone's writing about BioLife Solutions Inc. Common Stock. News trend score: 56. Reason: 4 of the last 8 articles are positive, versus 3 negative.

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 252 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (9 bullish · 3 bearish · 0 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 50Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 200Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢MACDMACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🔴RSIRSI 71.9 — approaching overbought territory
  • 🔴Stochastic%K 91.5 — overbought
  • 🟢ADX (trend strength)ADX 57.3 — strong trend
  • 🔴Volume trendVolume is falling despite the price advance — possible weakening
  • 🟢Relative strength vs. S&P 500+50.8% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🟢Bollinger BandsPrice is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (98%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
  • 🟢ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: 15.9%
  • 🟢Parabolic SARPrice is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🟢CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: 0.13

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markup

The stock is in a clear uptrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

High confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🟢Rising price trendA 38.1% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🟢 Uptrend

The price is above the 200-day average — per the market-structure method, this environment mainly favors looking for buying (Long) opportunities.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟡 Price far from value zone

The price is currently far from the 50-day average — the method recommends waiting for a "pullback" before entering, rather than chasing prices.

3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)

Method formula: Stop-loss = support minusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.

Entry

$33.83

Stop-Loss

$22.45

Risk per Share

$11.38

Direction

Long

Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)

1:2 R

$56.58

1:3 R

$67.96

1:5 R

$90.71

💰 Position Size Calculator

A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.

Suggested Position Size

8 sh.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

64.6%

Operating Margin

-17.3%

Net Margin

-4.8%

EBITDA Margin

-14.9%

Efficiency

ROE

-1.2%

ROA

-1.1%

ROIC

EPS

-$0.09

Balance Sheet

Cash

$33.04M

Total Debt

$5.00M

Current Ratio

5.94

Debt/Equity

0.01

Conclusions

  • 🟢Gross marginGross margin: 64.6% — strong
  • 🔴Operating marginOperating margin: -17.3% (negative)
  • 🔴Net marginNet margin: -4.8% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): -1.2% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): -1.1% — weak
  • 🟢Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 5.94
  • 🟢Debt-to-equityDebt/equity: 0.01

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): 28.9%
  • 🟢Earnings per share (EPS) growthEarnings per share (EPS) growth: 77.3%
  • 🟢Free cash flow growthFree cash flow growth: 104.4%
  • 🟢Net income growthNet income growth: 77.2%

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Current Price

$33.93

Estimated Fair Value (DCF)

$4.59

Gap

-86.5%

🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value

Show all model (DCF) assumptions →

Year 1 Growth Rate

9.3%

Discount Rate (WACC)

9.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

2.5%

Projection Years

5

YearGrowth RateProjected FCFPresent Value
19.3%$11.62M$10.66M
27.6%$12.51M$10.53M
35.9%$13.24M$10.23M
44.2%$13.80M$9.78M
52.5%$14.14M$9.19M

Base FCF (last actual year)

$10.64M

Terminal Value

$223.05M

Present Value of Terminal Value

$144.97M

Enterprise Value

$195.35M

Net Debt

$-28.04M

Equity Value

$223.39M

*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.

Book Value per Share

$7.64

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$3.27

Conclusions

  • 🔴DCF Fair ValueEstimated fair value: $4.59 vs. price $33.93 (-86.5%)
  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: $3.27
  • 🟡P/EP/E: -338.3

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 4 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
Werner SeanTax Withholding in Shares17.7.202647,556-275$29.15
Mathew Aby J.Tax Withholding in Shares7.7.2026388,460-516$27.79
Berard ToddTax Withholding in Shares7.7.2026162,649-293$27.79
Wichterman TroyTax Withholding in Shares7.7.2026213,249-844$27.79
DE GREEF RODERICKTax Withholding in Shares18.6.2026730,971-2,775$26.04
Mathew Aby J.Tax Withholding in Shares18.6.2026388,976-564$26.04
Berard ToddTax Withholding in Shares18.6.2026162,942-470$26.04
Wichterman TroyTax Withholding in Shares18.6.2026214,093-937$26.04
Werner SeanTax Withholding in Shares18.6.202647,831-420$26.04
Mathew Aby J.Tax Withholding in Shares8.6.2026389,540-627$26.10
Berard ToddTax Withholding in Shares8.6.2026163,412-356$26.10
Wichterman TroyTax Withholding in Shares8.6.2026215,030-1,026$26.10
Casdin Capital, LLCOpen Market Sale21.5.20264,757,165-650,000$23.70
Casdin Capital, LLCOpen Market Sale20.5.20265,407,165-250,000$23.70
Casdin Capital, LLCOpen Market Sale19.5.20265,657,165-300,000$22.65
Mathew Aby J.Tax Withholding in Shares8.4.2026390,167-515$19.27
Berard ToddTax Withholding in Shares8.4.2026163,768-293$19.27
Wichterman TroyTax Withholding in Shares8.4.2026216,056-844$19.27
Foster Karen A.Open Market Sale23.3.2026108,758-2,577$19.17
DE GREEF RODERICKTax Withholding in Shares19.3.2026733,746-11,101$19.12
Mathew Aby J.Tax Withholding in Shares19.3.2026390,682-2,255$19.12
Berard ToddTax Withholding in Shares19.3.2026164,061-1,879$19.12
Foster Karen A.Tax Withholding in Shares19.3.2026111,335-1,907$19.12
Aebersold SarahTax Withholding in Shares19.3.202692,429-931$19.12
Wichterman TroyTax Withholding in Shares19.3.2026216,900-3,749$19.12

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

-5.2%

2,856,425 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 3,013,891 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

-24.7%

41.3% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 54.9% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 4 positive, 1 neutral, 3 negative out of the last 8 articles.