PACB — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of PACB's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-08 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-11-06
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +51 | −62 | ~12 | 8 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~3 | 1 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | +2 | 0 | ~2 | 3 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +23 | −15 | ~32 | 303 |
| Other information | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
Our products and technology, which primarily consist of our HiFi long-read sequencing systems, address a broad set of applications including human germline sequencing, plant and animal sciences, infectious disease and microbiology, oncology, and other emerging applications.
Our 2026 main objectives are to grow revenue and expand gross margins through the following five activities. These initiatives are designed to improve the economics of HiFi sequencing, expand adoption across clinical and research markets, and drive durable growth across our platform portfolio.
•Accelerate samples onto the Revio platform through SPRQ-Nx chemistry and application kits. SPRQ-Nx is designed to lower the cost of sequencing and improve sequencing efficiency, which we believe will support higher throughput, increased sample volumes, and broader adoption of HiFi sequencing in lar…
•Expand the capabilities of the Vega benchtop platform to broaden our market reach. We plan to enable faster run times and enhanced user experience through software improvements, which are intended to support broader adoption and improve the overall economics of HiFi sequencing.
•Progress our clinical strategy to improve outcomes and create durability. Revio is increasingly being adopted in laboratory-developed test ("LDT") and clinical research settings, supporting consolidation of multiple tests, addressing complex genetic challenges, and driving sustained utilization of …
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
Our products and technology, which include our HiFi long-read sequencing technology, address solutions across a broad set of applications including human germline sequencing, plant and animal sciences, infectious disease and microbiology, oncology, and other emerging applications. Long-read sequenci…
Our 2025 strategic objectives are to grow revenue and expand gross margins through the following four activities:
•Enabling the full-scale release of the Vega benchtop platform to broaden our market reach. We believe this platform broadens the long-read market opportunity.
•Accelerating samples onto the Revio platform via SPRQ chemistry and application kits. The SPRQ chemistry enables the sub-$500 HiFi genome, improves methylation detection capabilities, and achieves a 75% reduction in DNA input requirements for human whole genome sequencing. These features can drive …
•Investing in future product launches to diversify our offerings. We continue to develop sequencing systems designed to increase throughput and lower the cost to sequence a genome, which we believe will allow us to address an even larger part of the market. Additionally, we continue to develop kitte…
Legal proceedings
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
On March 5, 2026, the Company entered into a license and settlement agreement with PGI in connection with the PGI Settlement pursuant to which the Company receives a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license under U.S. Patent No. 7,767,441 and its related patent family, and a five-and-a-half ye…
adverse effect on our business; however, the results of litigation and claims are inherently unpredictable. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of litigation and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
•the impact of the disposition of assets related to our short-read DNA sequencing technology and related clustering, sequencing reagent, and detection technologies could have on our business, financial condition and results of operations;
In addition, inflationary pressure, including as a result of supply shortages, has adversely impacted and could continue to adversely impact our financial results, and our operating costs may increase. For example, we have experienced and may continue to experience inflationary pressure with respect…
materially from our expectations, including as a result of factors that are beyond our control. Furthermore, our efforts to stabilize our business may not be successful.
The disposition of our assets related to our short-read DNA sequencing technology and related clustering, sequencing reagent, and detection technologies could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
On January 30, 2026, we completed a disposition of assets to Buyer in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which, among other matters, Buyer acquired certain intellectual property and other assets related to our short-read DNA sequencing technology and related clust…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
In addition, inflationary pressure, including as a result of supply shortages, has adversely impacted and could continue to adversely impact our financial results, and our operating costs may increase. We may not fully offset these cost increases by raising prices for our products and services, whic…
Any or all of the foregoing may have a material adverse effect on our business, operations, financial condition, and prospects. An impairment in value of our tangible or intangible assets could also be recorded as a result of weaker economic conditions. For more information on impairment considerati…
•the impact of the U.S. federal government shutdown on the U.S. economy, capital markets and our business; and
A portion of the products or technologies developed and/or distributed by us incorporate “open source” software, and we may incorporate open source software into other products or technologies in the future. Some
open source software licenses require that we disclose the source code for any modifications to such open source software that we make and distribute to one or more third parties, and that we license the source code for such modifications to third parties, including our competitors, at no cost. We m…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice