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DNA vs. TWST, HCM, ALVO, KYMR, IMVT, MOR, CRNX, NAMS, GMTX, and RARE

Should you be buying Ginkgo Bioworks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ginkgo Bioworks include Twist Bioscience (TWST), HUTCHMED (HCM), Alvotech (ALVO), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Immunovant (IMVT), MorphoSys (MOR), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Ginkgo Bioworks vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Twist Bioscience$312.97M4.96-$208.73M-$3.25-7.97
Ginkgo Bioworks$227.04M3.60-$547.03M-$9.16-1.52

In the previous week, Twist Bioscience had 13 more articles in the media than Ginkgo Bioworks. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Twist Bioscience and 7 mentions for Ginkgo Bioworks. Ginkgo Bioworks' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Twist Bioscience's score of 0.52 indicating that Ginkgo Bioworks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Twist Bioscience
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ginkgo Bioworks
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

78.6% of Ginkgo Bioworks shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Twist Bioscience shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Ginkgo Bioworks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Twist Bioscience has a net margin of -23.51% compared to Ginkgo Bioworks' net margin of -198.84%. Twist Bioscience's return on equity of -29.03% beat Ginkgo Bioworks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Twist Bioscience-23.51% -29.03% -21.77%
Ginkgo Bioworks -198.84%-52.35%-27.14%

Twist Bioscience presently has a consensus price target of $49.40, indicating a potential upside of 90.73%. Ginkgo Bioworks has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential downside of 39.07%. Given Twist Bioscience's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Twist Bioscience is more favorable than Ginkgo Bioworks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Twist Bioscience
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Ginkgo Bioworks
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Twist Bioscience has a beta of 2.36, meaning that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ginkgo Bioworks has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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DNA vs. The Competition

MetricGinkgo BioworksMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$835.84M$3.01B$5.57B$20.65B
Dividend YieldN/A2.41%4.31%3.66%
P/E Ratio-1.5216.5729.4329.27
Price / Sales3.60314.07443.8862.24
Price / CashN/A42.1735.8423.31
Price / Book1.067.818.084.37
Net Income-$547.03M-$54.52M$3.26B$996.36M
7 Day Performance6.46%0.41%0.44%0.59%
1 Month Performance22.58%9.93%4.82%0.23%
1 Year PerformanceN/A15.18%30.19%16.71%

Ginkgo Bioworks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DNA
Ginkgo Bioworks
1.0392 of 5 stars
$13.95
-2.3%
$8.50
-39.1%
N/A$835.84M$227.04M-1.52640
TWST
Twist Bioscience
3.4567 of 5 stars
$36.53
+1.5%
$50.40
+38.0%
-44.0%$2.19B$312.97M-11.24990Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
HCM
HUTCHMED
3.2587 of 5 stars
$17.98
+2.1%
$23.50
+30.7%
-11.4%$3.14B$630.20M0.001,811Positive News
ALVO
Alvotech
3.1851 of 5 stars
$9.81
+2.1%
$14.00
+42.7%
-23.9%$2.96B$491.98M26.511,032
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
3.4848 of 5 stars
$44.20
-3.5%
$59.11
+33.7%
-0.2%$2.88B$47.07M-14.26170Positive News
IMVT
Immunovant
1.5548 of 5 stars
$16.76
-1.1%
$36.30
+116.6%
-42.7%$2.87BN/A-6.12120
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.3486 of 5 stars
$30.30
-2.2%
$69.50
+129.4%
-43.2%$2.84B$1.04M-7.93210Positive News
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
3.4731 of 5 stars
$23.42
-0.8%
$41.30
+76.3%
+45.5%$2.63B$45.56M-12.464News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$60.61
+0.0%
N/A+45.3%$2.63BN/A-60.6130News Coverage
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.4967 of 5 stars
$27.61
+1.0%
$82.57
+199.1%
-43.6%$2.61B$590.69M-4.701,294Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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