The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

CTKB

Concerning the House

Cytek Biosciences, Inc., a cell analysis solutions company, provides cell analysis tools that facilitate scientific advances in biomedical research and clinical applications. The company offers Cytek aurora, northern lights systems, and Cytek aurora evo systems delivers cell analysis; Cytek Aurora CS System, a cellular complexity to perform additional downstream genomic and proteomic studies using phenotyping approaches; enhanced small particle detection; Cytek amnis imagestream imaging flow cytometers; Cytek guava muse cell analyzers; Cytek muse micro cell analyzers; Cytek guava easyCyte flow cytometers; and Cytek orion reagent cocktail preparation systems. It also provides reagents and kits, including cFluor reagents that are fluorochrome conjugated antibodies used to identify cells of interest for analysis on its instruments. In addition, the company offers automated micro-sampling system and automated sample loader system, an automated loaders designed to integrate seamlessly into the Cytek aurora and northern lights systems; SpectroFlo software that provides intuitive workflow from quality control to data analysis for Cytek aurora, northern lights, and Cytek aurora evo systems; and customer support tools. Further, it provides conventional flow and image-based flow cytometry instrumentation and related products and services under the Amnis and Guava brand names. The company serves pharmaceutical and biopharma companies, academic research centers, and contract research organizations. It distributes its products through direct sales force and support organizations in North America, Europe, China, and the Asia-Pacific regions; and through distributors or sales agents in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East countries. The company was formerly known as Cytoville, Inc. and changed its name to Cytek Biosciences, Inc. in August 2015. Cytek Biosciences, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

United States · cytekbio.com

The Long Run

FY 2021–2025 · 5 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$201.49M+21.4%
Gross profit$111.11M+8.9%
Operating income-$40.38M-18.1%
Net income-$66.54M-6.4%
Cash from ops$5.28M+3.3%
Quotation

$4.89

+0.11 (+2.3%)

52w hi$5.88
52w lo$3.36
Vol1.02M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.05

Short+0.36
Medium+0.06
Long-0.61

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Cytek Biosciences, Inc.

Healthcare · Medical Devices

Market cap$635.62M
Enterprise value$385.78M
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E69.86x
EV / EBITDA-9.70x
P / S (ttm)3.07x
Profit margin-39.0%
Return on equity-23.0%
Revenue growth+5.6%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity8.22
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.29
Corr SPX0.31
Annual vol67.0%
Annual ret+13.8%
Sharpe0.21
Max DD-67.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental-0.15
Sector+0.12
Technical+0.00
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.41

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$4.84$4.93$4.76$4.891.02M
Aug 12$4.70$4.80$4.65$4.78846.40K
Aug 11$4.67$4.82$4.531.15M
Aug 10$4.32$4.67$4.16$4.661.22M
Aug 7$4.17$4.24$4.11$4.20616.10K