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TWST vs. ADPT, BEAM, CRSP, NTLA, TXG, VCYT, LEGN, RVMD, RYTM, and RNA

Should you be buying Twist Bioscience stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Twist Bioscience include Adaptive Biotechnologies (ADPT), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP), Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), 10x Genomics (TXG), Veracyte (VCYT), Legend Biotech (LEGN), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM), and Avidity Biosciences (RNA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Twist Bioscience vs. Its Competitors

Adaptive Biotechnologies (NASDAQ:ADPT) and Twist Bioscience (NASDAQ:TWST) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

In the previous week, Adaptive Biotechnologies had 3 more articles in the media than Twist Bioscience. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Adaptive Biotechnologies and 9 mentions for Twist Bioscience. Twist Bioscience's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Adaptive Biotechnologies' score of 0.48 indicating that Twist Bioscience is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adaptive Biotechnologies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Twist Bioscience
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Adaptive Biotechnologies presently has a consensus target price of $12.38, indicating a potential downside of 4.81%. Twist Bioscience has a consensus target price of $49.40, indicating a potential upside of 72.79%. Given Twist Bioscience's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Twist Bioscience is more favorable than Adaptive Biotechnologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adaptive Biotechnologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Twist Bioscience
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Adaptive Biotechnologies has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Twist Bioscience has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Adaptive Biotechnologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Twist Bioscience. Twist Bioscience is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adaptive Biotechnologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adaptive Biotechnologies$205.22M9.65-$159.49M-$0.82-15.85
Twist Bioscience$312.97M5.51-$208.73M-$1.45-19.72

99.2% of Adaptive Biotechnologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Adaptive Biotechnologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Twist Bioscience shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Twist Bioscience has a net margin of -23.51% compared to Adaptive Biotechnologies' net margin of -59.07%. Twist Bioscience's return on equity of -29.03% beat Adaptive Biotechnologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adaptive Biotechnologies-59.07% -60.93% -23.03%
Twist Bioscience -23.51%-29.03%-21.77%

Summary

Adaptive Biotechnologies and Twist Bioscience tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TWST vs. The Competition

MetricTwist BioscienceMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.73B$3.09B$5.82B$9.73B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%3.84%4.09%
P/E Ratio-19.7221.1431.1525.96
Price / Sales5.51398.37475.15122.97
Price / CashN/A43.0937.1558.38
Price / Book3.618.079.116.39
Net Income-$208.73M-$54.72M$3.26B$265.56M
7 Day Performance1.67%2.62%2.11%1.98%
1 Month Performance-20.21%7.63%5.12%1.33%
1 Year Performance-32.67%13.11%31.25%21.15%

Twist Bioscience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TWST
Twist Bioscience
4.1868 of 5 stars
$28.59
+8.0%
$49.40
+72.8%
-40.0%$1.73B$312.97M-19.72990Positive News
ADPT
Adaptive Biotechnologies
2.4692 of 5 stars
$12.15
-0.4%
$12.38
+1.9%
+174.0%$1.85B$178.96M-14.82790Analyst Revision
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
2.1067 of 5 stars
$17.17
-2.6%
$48.45
+182.2%
-37.2%$1.74B$63.52M-3.82510
CRSP
CRISPR Therapeutics
3.8292 of 5 stars
$55.41
+0.7%
$71.60
+29.2%
+5.7%$5.04B$37.31M-10.20460
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.5758 of 5 stars
$10.74
-0.5%
$30.68
+185.7%
-57.1%$1.11B$57.88M-2.29600
TXG
10x Genomics
3.9007 of 5 stars
$12.31
+0.2%
$13.63
+10.7%
-43.1%$1.52B$644.47M-17.591,240
VCYT
Veracyte
2.8594 of 5 stars
$27.99
+2.3%
$40.90
+46.1%
-7.0%$2.20B$445.76M84.82790News Coverage
Positive News
LEGN
Legend Biotech
3.7026 of 5 stars
$36.24
-2.1%
$73.33
+102.4%
-37.1%$6.66B$728.30M-61.422,609
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.4199 of 5 stars
$34.70
-0.9%
$68.82
+98.3%
-19.4%$6.49B$11.58M-7.71250Positive News
Analyst Revision
RYTM
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
3.8106 of 5 stars
$94.31
+2.5%
$101.57
+7.7%
+124.1%$6.26B$130.13M-31.33140News Coverage
Positive News
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
3.2165 of 5 stars
$45.75
-1.2%
$67.00
+46.4%
-0.8%$5.51B$8.93M-15.25190Options Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:TWST) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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