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CTKB

Cytek Biosciences Inc. Common Stock

Industrials · ·

$4.16

$0.02 (-0.5%)

Market Cap

$540.73M

Day Range

$4.05 - $4.37

52-Week Range

$3.28 - $6.18

Beta

Next Earnings

03.11.2026

CTKB is a stock from the Industrials sectorManufacturing, aerospace, defense, and infrastructure — closely tied to capital-investment cycles and economic growth.

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Investor Score
34/ 100F
🔴 Weak

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

📈16FTechnical
💰35FFundamental
🚀40DGrowth
💎38FValuation
📰44DNews
🏦42DQuality
⚠️48D+Risk

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

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🔴 Bearish

Technical Trend

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Current ratio: 5.04
  • 🟢 Gross margin: 51.8% — strong
  • 🟢 Current ratio: 5.04

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Estimated fair value: -$1.21 vs. price $4.16 (-129.0%)
  • 🔴 Operating margin: -20.0% (negative)
  • 🔴 Net margin: -33.0% (negative)
  • 🔴 Operating margin is eroding over time
  • 🔴 ATR: 4.5% of price

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🔴 Operating margin stability🔴 Daily volatility (ATR)🟢 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🔴 Negative

Everyone's writing about Cytek Biosciences Inc. Common Stock. News trend score: 44. Reason: 4 of the last 18 articles are negative, versus 3 positive.

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 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (0 bullish · 9 bearish · 2 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 50Price is below the 50-day average
  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 200Price is below the 200-day average
  • 🔴MACDMACD histogram is negative — falling momentum
  • 🔴RSIRSI 39.3 — weak/negative bias
  • 🔴Stochastic%K 11.3 — oversold
  • 🟡ADX (trend strength)ADX 14.9 — weak trend/choppy
  • 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500-17.3% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🔴Bollinger BandsPrice is in the lower third of the Bollinger Bands (-1%B) — weakness (chance of a recovery)
  • 🔴ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: -8.7%
  • 🔴Parabolic SARPrice is below the SAR point — downtrend
  • 🟡CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: -0.03

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.

Medium confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🟢Rising price trendA 5.3% 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

🔴 Downtrend

The price is below the 200-day average — an environment that mainly favors looking for selling (Short) opportunities, not buying.

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 = resistance plusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.

Entry

$4.18

Stop-Loss

$4.98

Risk per Share

$0.80

Direction

Short

Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)

1:2 R

$2.57

1:3 R

$1.77

1:5 R

$0.16

💰 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

124 sh.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

51.8%

Operating Margin

-20.0%

Net Margin

-33.0%

EBITDA Margin

-16.3%

Efficiency

ROE

-19.5%

ROA

-14.4%

ROIC

EPS

Balance Sheet

Cash

$90.85M

Total Debt

Current Ratio

5.04

Debt/Equity

Conclusions

  • 🟢Gross marginGross margin: 51.8% — strong
  • 🔴Operating marginOperating margin: -20.0% (negative)
  • 🔴Net marginNet margin: -33.0% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): -19.5% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): -14.4% — weak
  • 🟢Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 5.04

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Conclusions

  • 🟡Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): 0.5%
  • 🔴Free cash flow growthFree cash flow growth: -140.1%
  • 🔴Net income growthNet income growth: -1005.3%

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Current Price

$4.16

Estimated Fair Value (DCF)

-$1.21

Gap

-129.0%

🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value

Show all model (DCF) assumptions →

Year 1 Growth Rate

7.3%

Discount Rate (WACC)

9.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

2.5%

Projection Years

5

YearGrowth RateProjected FCFPresent Value
17.3%$-9.41M$-8.64M
26.1%$-9.99M$-8.41M
34.9%$-10.48M$-8.10M
43.7%$-10.87M$-7.70M
52.5%$-11.14M$-7.24M

Base FCF (last actual year)

$-8.77M

Terminal Value

$-175.74M

Present Value of Terminal Value

$-114.22M

Enterprise Value

$-154.31M

Net Debt

$0

Equity Value

$-154.31M

*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

$2.68

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$2.41

Conclusions

  • 🔴DCF Fair ValueEstimated fair value: -$1.21 vs. price $4.16 (-129.0%)
  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: $2.41

🕴️ Insider Trading

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

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
Yan MingGift12.6.20264,796,688-135,892
MUIR GLENN PGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202655,555+55,555
MUIR GLENN PGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202629,835+29,835
NEFF DEBORAH JExercise of Derivative Securities10.6.202659,679+43,973
NEFF DEBORAH JGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202633,333+33,333
NEFF DEBORAH JGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202618,261+18,261
NEFF DEBORAH JExercise of Derivative Securities10.6.20260-43,973
Chin RichardGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202633,333+33,333
Chin RichardGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202618,261+18,261
Holder MichaelExercise of Derivative Securities10.6.202660,694+43,973
Holder MichaelGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202633,333+33,333
Holder MichaelGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202618,261+18,261
Holder MichaelExercise of Derivative Securities10.6.20260-43,973
Ball JackExercise of Derivative Securities10.6.202686,678+43,973
Ball JackExercise of Derivative Securities10.6.20260-43,973
Imper VeraExercise of Derivative Securities10.6.202659,679+43,973
Imper VeraGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202633,333+33,333
Imper VeraGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202618,261+18,261
Imper VeraExercise of Derivative Securities10.6.20260-43,973
Chin RichardExercise of Derivative Securities18.5.202622,392+6,107
Chin RichardExercise of Derivative Securities18.5.202650,897-6,107
Holder MichaelExercise of Derivative Securities18.5.202616,721+1,454
Holder MichaelExercise of Derivative Securities18.5.20269,457-1,454
Jiang WenbinExercise of Derivative Securities18.5.20265,430,537+7,854
Jiang WenbinTax Withholding in Shares18.5.20265,428,624-1,913$3.55

📉 Short Interest

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

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

+43.4%

5,029,578 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 3,507,190 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

-21.0%

34.0% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 43.1% 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) — 3 positive, 11 neutral, 4 negative out of the last 18 articles.