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TWST vs. ADPT, BEAM, CRSP, NTLA, TXG, VCYT, CYTK, RNA, NUVL, and TGTX

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), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Avidity Biosciences (RNA), Nuvalent (NUVL), and TG Therapeutics (TGTX). 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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Adaptive Biotechnologies currently has a consensus price target of $12.38, indicating a potential downside of 10.13%. Twist Bioscience has a consensus price target of $49.40, indicating a potential upside of 76.74%. 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

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%

In the previous week, Twist Bioscience had 7 more articles in the media than Adaptive Biotechnologies. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Twist Bioscience and 6 mentions for Adaptive Biotechnologies. Adaptive Biotechnologies' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Twist Bioscience's score of 0.92 indicating that Adaptive Biotechnologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

99.2% of Adaptive Biotechnologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Adaptive Biotechnologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Twist Bioscience shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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$178.96M11.72-$159.49M-$0.82-16.79
Twist Bioscience$312.97M5.39-$208.73M-$1.45-19.28

Adaptive Biotechnologies has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Twist Bioscience has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Twist Bioscience beats Adaptive Biotechnologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TWST vs. The Competition

MetricTwist BioscienceMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.63B$3.13B$5.81B$10.33B
Dividend YieldN/A2.37%5.86%4.62%
P/E RatioN/A21.3676.9326.98
Price / Sales5.39251.85450.4089.35
Price / CashN/A45.4837.2260.63
Price / Book3.469.6913.836.37
Net Income-$208.73M-$52.92M$3.29B$271.46M
7 Day Performance9.14%1.44%0.93%2.35%
1 Month Performance-0.25%6.03%5.31%7.78%
1 Year Performance-40.56%12.89%84.25%32.27%

Twist Bioscience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TWST
Twist Bioscience
4.0192 of 5 stars
$27.95
+3.6%
$49.40
+76.7%
-43.4%$1.63B$312.97M0.00990Gap Up
ADPT
Adaptive Biotechnologies
3.4768 of 5 stars
$12.54
-2.4%
$12.38
-1.3%
+176.9%$1.91B$178.96M-15.29790Positive News
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
3.2099 of 5 stars
$19.94
-4.5%
$48.45
+143.0%
-12.2%$2.02B$63.52M-4.43510Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CRSP
CRISPR Therapeutics
3.0994 of 5 stars
$54.10
-1.4%
$71.60
+32.3%
+18.4%$4.92B$37.31M-9.96460News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NTLA
Intellia Therapeutics
4.5066 of 5 stars
$11.84
-1.8%
$29.05
+145.4%
-45.0%$1.27B$57.88M-2.52600News Coverage
Options Volume
Gap Up
TXG
10x Genomics
3.5225 of 5 stars
$13.93
-0.2%
$13.54
-2.8%
-39.9%$1.73B$644.47M-19.901,240Gap Up
VCYT
Veracyte
3.8 of 5 stars
$32.46
+0.1%
$40.90
+26.0%
-7.3%$2.55B$445.76M98.37790Positive News
CYTK
Cytokinetics
4.3776 of 5 stars
$52.09
-1.7%
$75.38
+44.7%
-15.3%$6.23B$18.47M-10.21250Trending News
Insider Trade
RNA
Avidity Biosciences
2.1548 of 5 stars
$48.05
-4.6%
$67.00
+39.4%
-5.0%$6.18B$10.90M-13.50190Analyst Forecast
NUVL
Nuvalent
3.1618 of 5 stars
$79.83
-1.3%
$120.91
+51.5%
-24.9%$5.76BN/A-16.2940Insider Trade
TGTX
TG Therapeutics
4.3823 of 5 stars
$32.38
+0.5%
$46.25
+42.8%
+27.8%$5.14B$329M87.51290News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:TWST) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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