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Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

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Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

PCRX·NASDAQ·Life Sciences·CIK 0001396814

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. is a Delaware corporation that serves as the holding company for its California operating subsidiary, Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company's mission is to deliver innovative, non-opioid pain therapies. Pacira BioSciences, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in December 2006 as Blue Acquisition Corp., changing its name to Pacira, Inc. in June 2007, then to Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in October 2010, and finally to Pacira BioSciences, Inc. in April 2019. Its principal executive offices and corporate headquarters are located in Brisbane, California. The company has expanded through several acquisitions. In March 2007, it acquired Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from SkyePharma Holdings, Inc. (now Vectura Group Limited, a subsidiary of Molex Asia Holdings, Ltd.). In April 2019, Pacira BioSciences, Inc. acquired MyoScience, Inc., a privately held medical technology company. This was followed by the acquisition of Flexion Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, in November 2021. Most recently, in February 2025, the company acquired GQ Bio Therapeutics GmbH, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company. Key trademarks and service marks owned by Pacira include Pacira®, EXPAREL®, ZILRETTA®, iovera®°, and the Pacira logo.

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCRX) is a publicly traded company in the Life Sciences sector. Wiseek has independently scored 43 items for PCRX at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-04, rated 8/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 16 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for PCRX spans 10-Q, 8-K, DEFA14A, DFAN14A.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Pacira Q2 2026: Profit Swing, iovera Divestiture, and Payer Win Drive Thesis
  • Pacira Delivers Q2 Growth, Completes iovera° Sale, and Refreshes Outlook
  • Pacira BioSciences Posts 73c Adj EPS in Q2, Beating Expectations
  • Pacira's Gene Therapy PCRX-201 Hits Manufacturing Milestone, ASCEND Data Due Year-End
  • Pacira BioSciences Divests iovera® Business to Zimmer Biomet for Up to $140M, Bolstering Balance Sheet

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$726.41M
Net Income
$7.03M
Diluted EPS
$0.16
Op. Cash Flow
$151.99M
Free Cash Flow
$136.66M
Gross Profit
$576.66M
Operating Income
$19.19M
Cash & Equivalents
$158.54M
Total Debt
$372.19M
Debt / Equity
0.54×
Net Margin
1.0%
Shares Outstanding
41.12M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-26 · accession 0001628280-26-012297

Short Interest & Short Volume

12.98 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 7,561,153 shares in PCRX as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 3.2% increase from the prior period — about 13.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 65.0% of PCRX volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)7,561,153 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 3.2%
Days to cover12.98 at avg daily volume of 582,564
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)65.0% of 167,693 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume61.3%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$25.21
52-week range · as of 2026-08-04 $18.8 – $27.66
Market cap
$1B
Volume
469.8K (0.9× avg)
3-mo avg 527.2K
Live data · 2026-10-04 04:35 UTC · Market closed

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PCRX
Aug 04, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $27.62
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: -$2.41 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
Aug 04, 2026, 4:03 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $27.62
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: -$2.41 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
Aug 04, 2026, 4:01 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $27.62
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: -$2.41 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
Jul 27, 2026, 8:02 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $26.00
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: -$0.790 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
Jun 30, 2026, 7:31 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $25.59
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: -$0.380 (-1%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
Jun 30, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $25.56
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: -$0.350 (-1%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
Jun 11, 2026, 4:32 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $23.36
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$1.85 (+8%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
Jun 04, 2026, 4:24 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $22.67
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$2.54 (+11%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
Jun 01, 2026, 5:14 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $22.96
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$2.25 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 28, 2026, 5:28 PM EDT
Filing Type: DFAN14A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $23.68
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$1.53 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 28, 2026, 4:34 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $23.68
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$1.53 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 28, 2026, 4:25 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $23.68
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$1.53 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 28, 2026, 3:14 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $24.04
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$1.17 (+5%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 27, 2026, 4:59 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $24.04
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$1.17 (+5%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 27, 2026, 4:20 PM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $24.04
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$1.17 (+5%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 27, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $24.69
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$0.520 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 26, 2026, 4:26 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $24.36
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$0.850 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 21, 2026, 5:08 PM EDT
Filing Type: DFAN14A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $23.48
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$1.73 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 21, 2026, 3:14 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $23.00
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$2.21 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
PCRX
May 20, 2026, 5:24 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $23.00
Real-time Price: $25.21 info
Change: +$2.21 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
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