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Twist Bioscience (TWST) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$32.46 -0.29 (-0.89%)
As of 01:31 PM Eastern
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About Twist Bioscience Stock (NASDAQ:TWST)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$31.56
$33.14
50-Day Range
$32.75
$44.94
52-Week Range
$31.57
$60.90
Volume
408,290 shs
Average Volume
968,789 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.94 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$50.40
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Twist Bioscience Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of synthetic DNA-based products. The company offers synthetic genes and gene fragments used in product development for therapeutics, diagnostics, chemicals/materials, food/agriculture, data storage, and various applications within academic research by biotech, pharma, industrial chemical, and agricultural companies, as well as academic labs; Oligo pools used in targeted NGS, CRISPR gene editing, mutagenesis experiments, DNA origami, DNA computing, data storage in DNA, and other applications; and immunoglobulin G proteins for customers focused on the pursuit of drug discovery and development. It also provides NGS tools comprising library preparation kits, human exome kits, and fixed and custom panels, as well as alliance panels, primarily used within diagnostic tests for various indications, population genetics research and biomarker discovery, translational research, microbiology, and applied markets research; and methylation detection kits for cancer, and rare and inherited disease study, as well as fast hybridization and full RNA sequencing workflow solution. In addition, the company provides synthetic SARS-CoV-2 RNA reference sequences as positive controls for the development of both NGS and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assays; synthetic monkeypox controls; and various respiratory viral controls, including for influenzas, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinoviruses, SARS, MERS, and coronaviruses. Further, it offers SARS-CoV-2 Research Panels, such as the Twist Respiratory Virus Panel and the Pan-Viral Research Panel, for the detection of disease in a research setting; precision DNA libraries used for antibody engineering, affinity maturation, and humanization; and antibody optimization solution to enable simultaneous optimization of multiple characteristics of a given antibody. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

Twist Bioscience Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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80th Percentile Overall Score

TWST MarketRank™: 

Twist Bioscience scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 238th out of 916 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Twist Bioscience has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.70, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Twist Bioscience has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Twist Bioscience's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Twist Bioscience are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($2.12) to ($1.58) per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Twist Bioscience is -9.54, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Twist Bioscience is -9.54, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Twist Bioscience has a P/B Ratio of 4.22. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    16.82% of the float of Twist Bioscience has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Twist Bioscience has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.5.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Twist Bioscience has recently increased by 1.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Twist Bioscience does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Twist Bioscience does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    16.82% of the float of Twist Bioscience has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Twist Bioscience has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.5.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Twist Bioscience has recently increased by 1.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    Twist Bioscience has a news sentiment score of 0.29. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 29 news articles for Twist Bioscience this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    3 people have added Twist Bioscience to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Twist Bioscience insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $530,112.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 3.01% of the stock of Twist Bioscience is held by insiders.

  • Read more about Twist Bioscience's insider trading history.
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TWST Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Twist Bioscience's stock was trading at $46.47 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, TWST stock has decreased by 30.6% and is now trading at $32.2550.
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Twist Bioscience Co. (NASDAQ:TWST) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 5th. The company reported ($0.66) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.56) by $0.10. The business had revenue of $92.79 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92 million. Twist Bioscience had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.69% and a negative net margin of 59.76%.
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Twist Bioscience (TWST) raised $75 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday, October 31st 2018. The company issued 5,000,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$16.00 per share. J.P. Morgan and Cowen acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Allen & Company and Baird were co-managers.

Top institutional investors of Twist Bioscience include ARK Investment Management LLC (10.46%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (4.05%), Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc. (4.05%) and Baillie Gifford & Co. (1.23%). Insiders that own company stock include Emily M Leproust, William Banyai, Patrick John Finn, Paula Green, Dennis Cho, Adam Laponis, Robert F Werner, James M Thorburn and Robert Chess.
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Shares of TWST stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Twist Bioscience investors own include Waste Connections (WCN), American Water Works (AWK), The RMR Group (RMR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), AUO (AUOTY), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) and Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
5/05/2025
Today
5/07/2025
Fiscal Year End
9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Medical
Industry
Biological products, except diagnostic
Sub-Industry
Pharmaceutical Products
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:TWST
Fax
N/A
Employees
990
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$50.40
High Stock Price Target
$62.00
Low Stock Price Target
$33.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+53.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.70
Research Coverage
10 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
N/A
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$-208,730,000.00
Pretax Margin
-59.60%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$330.19 million
Price / Cash Flow
N/A
Book Value
$7.64 per share
Price / Book
4.29

Miscellaneous

Free Float
57,856,000
Market Cap
$1.95 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
2.54
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This page (NASDAQ:TWST) was last updated on 5/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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