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BLI
Berkeley Lights, Inc
~5 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
Berkeley Lights, Inc. What it actually does.

Develops and commercializes an integrated platform for digital cell biology. Offers OptoSelect chips and reagent kits for cell selection and analysis. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 2020
285 employees
$86.6M market value
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
58%Products
ProductsServices 42%
58% of all revenue comes from a single line: Products.

That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.

Revenue last year:
$78.6M
The loss that same year:
$98M
For every $1 it earns, the company spends $2.

The company is still in the product-building phase: its spending runs far above its sales. That only changes once the product starts selling at scale.

THE SALES TREND
Sales are growing overall, with a pause along the way.

Average growth of 26% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.

$31.3M
2018
2019
2020
2021
$78.6M
2022
In the vault right now:
$132.8M
DEBT: $42.6M
At this pace, that money lasts about 1.4 years.

Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.

Every quarter, analysts set a profit bar.
How many of the last 8 did the company clear?
2 / 8
EXPECTATIONS MET OR BEATEN
2
Nov 2021
Aug 2023
2 TIMES IN THE LAST 8 QUARTERS
It misses the bar more often than not.
THE PRICE TAG
MARKET VALUE / ANNUAL SALES
1.1×

This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 1.1× for every dollar of annual revenue.

No analyst target is on record for this company.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
A long and steep decline.

An investor who bought at the very peak is down 98% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.

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THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/2
Sales keep climbing

Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 26% a year on average.

2
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 2/2
The product is selling

Sales run at $78.6M a year. A small number, but proof the product has real buyers.

1
THE RISKS · 1/2
Small sales, big loss

A loss of $98.0M against $78.6M in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.

2
THE RISKS · 2/2
The cash has a countdown

At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts about 1.4 years. After that, the company needs to find new money.

FINALE · THE GRADE
grade pending

We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.

One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.

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Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 11, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film