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Pulse Biosciences, Inc.

$PLSE·$1.8B·Medical - Instruments & Supplies·Healthcare
$25.52-1.4%YTD+87.2%1Y+61.1%
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$PLSEPulse Biosciences, Inc.
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $PLSE, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Hinges on a big eventAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-14

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Nanosecond pulsed-field medical-device micro-cap with a fresh CEO buy and warrant redemption.

Pulse Biosciences is developing Nanosecond Pulsed Field (nsPFA) medical devices for cardiac ablation, dermatology, and other therapeutic applications — a real technology platform that is pre-commercial at scale. Q1 revenue was $401K with EPS of -$0.27 vs -$0.32 expected (+16%), following consistent narrow-beat quarters.

  • Consensus revenue expands from $2.6M this year to $93.8M by year four, with EPS narrowing from -$1.14 to -$0.31 as commercialization scales.
  • Two specific in-window catalysts: Pulse Biosciences announced a planned redemption of warrants (a real capital-structure event that reduces future dilution overhang), and the CEO bought 15,000 company shares — a specific positive insider-conviction tell.
  • Pulse presented at the Goldman Sachs 47th Annual Global Healthcare Conference — real institutional visibility.
  • Zacks tagged PLSE a "Great Momentum Stock to Buy."
  • Insider activity beyond the CEO buy is not in the bundle.
  • There is no X sentiment sample for PLSE in the window.
  • Next reset is the August 11 Q2 print — consensus wants -$0.31 EPS.

The operating story is a real nsPFA-technology bet with a specific CEO-insider-buy tell — a rare positive Form 4 signal in this coverage universe. Watch cardiac-ablation regulatory milestones, any specific clinical-partnership announcements, and further insider Form 4 activity.

What to watch: August 11 Q2 print vs -$0.31 EPS consensus; cardiac-ablation regulatory pathway milestones; any clinical-partnership or licensing announcements; further CEO or executive Form 4 activity.

On the calendar: 2026-08-11 — Q2 earnings (consensus EPS -$0.31)

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Develops pulsed electric field bioelectric medicine technology (CellFX) for non-thermal tissue ablation in dermatology and surgery.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Medical - Instruments & Supplies sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $PLSE.

Medical - Instruments & Supplies · Healthcare

No material change from last week — Medline's prime vendor model wins market share as hospitals simplify sourcing, while bioprocessing component suppliers (WST, RGEN, AVTR) recover from the..

What this means for $PLSE

Neutral — Develops pulsed electric field bioelectric medicine technology (CellFX) for non-thermal tissue ablation in dermatology and surgery; end markets and revenue mix have limited overlap with the hospital supply simplification and prime vendor consolidation trend.

Industry benchmark

8-name peer basket
-3.6%YTD
+3.9%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-23.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-106%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-104%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-3.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2334.3Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-86.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
-91.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 4, 2026$-0.27$-0.32+15.6%
Q4 2025Feb 19, 2026$-0.26$-0.27+1.9%
Q3 2025Nov 5, 2025$-0.29$-0.31+6.5%
Q2 2025Aug 12, 2025$-0.28$-0.26-7.7%
Next earningsTue, Aug 11·consensus EPS $-0.31

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$401K—7.7%-4776%$-0.26$-14.6M
Q4 FY25$264K—-96.6%-6914%$-0.26$-14.9M
Q3 FY25$86K—-224%-23683%$-0.29$-13.1M
Q2 FY25$0———$-0.28$-12.9M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$2.6M$2.2M – $3.0M-$1.14-$1.59 – -$0.582
FY27$8.9M$7.8M – $9.9M-$1.20-$1.66 – -$0.612
FY28$21.3M$13.2M – $27.6M-$0.90-$1.02 – -$0.782
FY29$93.8M$58.3M – $121.7M-$0.31-$0.43 – -$0.161
FY30$177.5M$110.2M – $230.3M$0.39$0.20 – $0.541

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.72%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+3.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+32.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 12.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.655-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyMay 11Robert W DugganDirector660.2K sh$13.0MBuyMay 11Paul A LavioletteCEO30.0K sh$591KBuyMay 11Robert W DugganDirector660.2K sh$13.0MSellFeb 18Danahy Kevin PatrickChief Commercial Officer5.0K sh$118KSellFeb 17Danahy Kevin PatrickChief Commercial Officer20.0K sh$473KSellFeb 13Danahy Kevin PatrickChief Commercial Officer20.0K sh$471KSellFeb 12Danahy Kevin PatrickChief Commercial Officer20.0K sh$467KSellFeb 11Danahy Kevin PatrickChief Commercial Officer20.0K sh$504KSellFeb 10Danahy Kevin PatrickChief Commercial Officer20.0K sh$470KSellFeb 9Danahy Kevin PatrickChief Commercial Officer20.0K sh$429K
+ 14 other (7 awards · 7 exempts) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteJun 128-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Pulse Biosciences, Inc. held its 2026 Annual Meeting on June 11, 2026 via live virtual audio webcast. Shareholders voted to elect seven directors to one-year terms and to ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year 2026. Routine governance filing for a small-cap medical device company using pulsed electric field technology; directors serve annual terms with no staggered board structure.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 13SC 13D/A
AI summary

ROBERT W. DUGGAN filed an amended Schedule 13D on PLSE disclosing beneficial ownership (49,706,423.00 shares) as of 2026-05-13. The filer's stated intent is passive investment with no plan to influence control of the company.

8-KPress release / Reg FDApr 278-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

PLSE filed an 8-K Item 7.01 (Reg FD) disclosure dated 2026-04-27. Covers: presented at Heart Rhythm 2026 in Chicago, Illinois, by Dr. Reg FD disclosures make material information simultaneously available to all investors; content may include guidance updates, strategic plans, or preliminary results.

8-KPress release / Reg FDApr 168-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

PLSE filed an 8-K Item 7.01 (Reg FD) disclosure dated 2026-04-16. Covers: investor presentation on its website. Reg FD disclosures make material information simultaneously available to all investors; content may include guidance updates, strategic plans, or preliminary results.

8-KOfficer or director changeApr 98-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

PLSE disclosed a personnel change (8-K Item 5.02, dated 2026-04-09). An executive departure and a new appointment are both reported. Liane R. Teplitsky as its Chief Operating. Personnel changes are generally administrative; materiality depends on seniority and circumstances.

8-KOfficer or director changeMar 278-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

PLSE disclosed a personnel change (8-K Item 5.02, dated 2026-03-27). An executive departure and a new appointment are both reported. Personnel changes are generally administrative; materiality depends on seniority and circumstances.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMar 38-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
8-K/AOfficer or director change (amended)Mar 28-K/A — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
+ 22 other (7 routine 8-Ks · 3 8-Ks · 2 10-Ks · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (PLSE) Presents at Goldman Sachs 47th Annual Global Healthcare Conference 2026 Transcriptseekingalpha.com·34d agoPulse Biosciences, Inc. Announces Planned Redemption of Warrantsbusinesswire.com·34d agoPulse Biosciences to Present at the Goldman Sachs 47th Annual Global Healthcare Conference 2026businesswire.com·48d agoHere's Why Pulse Biosciences, Inc (PLSE) is a Great Momentum Stock to Buyzacks.com·49d agoPulse Biosciences CEO Bought 15,000 Company Shares. Here's What That Means for Investors.fool.com·58d ago

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