Company Analysis

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (PCRX)

Nasdaq: PCRX · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Brisbane, CA · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade6.3
◀ Past 8.0● Present 6.1▶ Future 4.9

The grade of Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past8.030% of the headline
● Present6.140% of the headline
▶ Future4.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

8.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+11.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 5 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 79th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $270 million in fiscal 2016 to $726 million in fiscal 2025, up 11.6% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 5 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span11.6%bottom 48% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 8% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 15% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.7% a year. 35% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 17 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 80 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Pacira BioSciences, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 35% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 17 sales (16 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 9% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 1%: 1¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 45%: owes 45¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Pacira BioSciences, Inc. earned about 1 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 46 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 45 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 38% of its family
  • return on equitytop 16% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 32% of 315 in its family; net margin 1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $726 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 1% ranks in the top 23%; revenue growth of 2.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 43% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$726Mtop 15% of its family
  • net margin1.0%top 23% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.9%bottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
2.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 25% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 25th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lee, Frank D. (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-01-04, 2.9 years (bottom 31% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.1 years (bottom 16%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 27%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge11 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 27% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.1 yearsbottom 16% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.9 yearsbottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $159 million against debt of $372 million leaves -16.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 8% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.8% of revenue (top 14%); a gross margin of 79.4% (top 35%); research spending of 16.1% of revenue (bottom 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-16.9%bottom 8% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue18.8%top 14% of its family
  • gross margin79.4%top 35% of its family
  • research spending against revenue16.1%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 47% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.9% a year over the last three filed years against 11.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 38% of its family); the newest year grew 3.6% (bottom 43%); research spending grew 11.4% a year (top 37%); capital spending grew -20.1% a year (bottom 44%) (its annual reports). Pacira BioSciences, Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: EXPAREL at $575 million (79%), ZILRETTA at $117 million (16%), Iovera at $24 million (3%), and 2 more; 2 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-8.7 points a yearbottom 38% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.6%bottom 43% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending11.4%top 37% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-20.1%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 38% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $726 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.1% above the $719 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 42% of its family); net income of $7 million against a prior three-year average of $14 million (top 10%); a net margin of 1% against -1.9% before (bottom 40%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.1%top 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+151%top 10% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.8 pointsbottom 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PCRX · research, not advice