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DNA vs. TWST, GMTX, CGON, ALVO, CPRX, CNTA, TARS, MLYS, IBRX, and DNLI

Should you be buying Ginkgo Bioworks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ginkgo Bioworks include Twist Bioscience (TWST), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), CG Oncology (CGON), Alvotech (ALVO), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), Mineralys Therapeutics (MLYS), ImmunityBio (IBRX), and Denali Therapeutics (DNLI). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Ginkgo Bioworks vs. Its Competitors

Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE:DNA) and Twist Bioscience (NASDAQ:TWST) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

78.6% of Ginkgo Bioworks shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Ginkgo Bioworks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Twist Bioscience shares are held by 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 higher revenue and earnings than Ginkgo Bioworks. Twist Bioscience is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ginkgo Bioworks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ginkgo Bioworks$227.04M2.77-$547.03M-$5.86-1.81
Twist Bioscience$312.97M5.22-$208.73M-$1.45-18.68

Twist Bioscience has a net margin of -23.51% compared to Ginkgo Bioworks' net margin of -136.56%. Twist Bioscience's return on equity of -29.03% beat Ginkgo Bioworks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ginkgo Bioworks-136.56% -43.25% -22.29%
Twist Bioscience -23.51%-29.03%-21.77%

In the previous week, Twist Bioscience had 20 more articles in the media than Ginkgo Bioworks. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Twist Bioscience and 1 mentions for Ginkgo Bioworks. Ginkgo Bioworks' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Twist Bioscience's score of 0.64 indicating that Ginkgo Bioworks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ginkgo Bioworks
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Twist Bioscience
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ginkgo Bioworks currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.46%. Twist Bioscience has a consensus target price of $49.40, indicating a potential upside of 82.42%. Given Twist Bioscience's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Twist Bioscience is more favorable than Ginkgo Bioworks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ginkgo Bioworks
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Twist Bioscience
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Ginkgo Bioworks has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% 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 Ginkgo Bioworks on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DNA vs. The Competition

MetricGinkgo BioworksMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$607.98M$3.12B$5.73B$21.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.36%5.90%3.50%
P/E Ratio-1.8121.1676.3829.83
Price / Sales2.77446.35521.3753.44
Price / CashN/A45.4037.1724.76
Price / Book0.819.6213.664.53
Net Income-$547.03M-$53.28M$3.28B$998.53M
7 Day Performance3.54%1.01%0.88%1.09%
1 Month Performance-19.38%4.58%4.67%4.39%
1 Year Performance56.03%8.35%80.92%13.83%

Ginkgo Bioworks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DNA
Ginkgo Bioworks
1.6524 of 5 stars
$10.61
+3.3%
$9.50
-10.5%
+70.4%$607.98M$227.04M-1.81640Positive News
TWST
Twist Bioscience
3.9492 of 5 stars
$26.25
+1.9%
$49.40
+88.2%
-41.8%$1.58B$312.97M-18.10990
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$60.76
+0.9%
N/A+25.3%$2.63BN/A-60.7630
CGON
CG Oncology
2.4484 of 5 stars
$33.69
+1.9%
$53.91
+60.0%
-3.4%$2.57B$1.14M-19.0361News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ALVO
Alvotech
3.7274 of 5 stars
$8.16
-2.0%
$14.00
+71.6%
-26.8%$2.46B$560.10M35.481,032Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.9544 of 5 stars
$20.08
-1.0%
$33.20
+65.3%
-1.8%$2.46B$491.73M12.1780Positive News
CNTA
Centessa Pharmaceuticals
3.1287 of 5 stars
$18.03
+14.6%
$31.45
+74.5%
+29.6%$2.41B$15M-10.07200Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
TARS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
2.5046 of 5 stars
$56.89
-1.3%
$66.67
+17.2%
+58.7%$2.40B$182.95M-24.4250Positive News
MLYS
Mineralys Therapeutics
2.9191 of 5 stars
$35.93
+3.2%
$36.60
+1.9%
+222.6%$2.38BN/A-10.0928Insider Trade
IBRX
ImmunityBio
2.5161 of 5 stars
$2.41
+0.4%
$10.75
+346.1%
-19.5%$2.28B$56.60M-5.02590
DNLI
Denali Therapeutics
4.2948 of 5 stars
$15.50
+0.5%
$33.62
+116.9%
-56.3%$2.27B$330.53M-5.54430Positive News

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