Twist Bioscience Corp (NASDAQ: TWST) is -9.51% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $27.41 and a high of $60.90 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The TWST stock was last observed hovering at around $39.68 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.37%.
Currently trading at $42.05, the stock is -6.03% and -10.43% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.35 million and changing 5.97% at the moment leaves the stock -9.79% off its SMA200. TWST registered 8.13% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -2.75%.
The stock witnessed a -20.28% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.50%, and is 1.74% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 10.13% over the week and 7.56% over the month.
Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST) has around 923 employees, a market worth around $2.51B and $330.19M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -59.76%. Distance from 52-week low is 53.41% and -30.95% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-37.69%).
with sales reaching $92M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 43.45% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 20.16% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 22.18% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 59.58M, and float is at 56.36M with Short Float at 16.35%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is ARK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC with over 6.13 million shares valued at $302.06 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.5415 of the TWST Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP with 6.07 million shares valued at $299.06 million to account for 10.4371 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 5.59 million shares representing 9.6178 and valued at over $275.59 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 9.328 of the shares totaling 5.42 million with a market value of $267.28 million.
Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by WERNER ROBERT F., the company’s Chief Accounting Officer. SEC filings show that WERNER ROBERT F. sold 916 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 24 ’25 at a price of $41.71 per share for a total of $38209.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 51675.0 shares.
Twist Bioscience Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 21 ’25 that WERNER ROBERT F. (Chief Accounting Officer) sold a total of 267 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 21 ’25 and was made at $44.18 per share for $11795.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 52591.0 shares of the TWST stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 21 ’25, Cho Dennis disposed off 526 shares at an average price of $44.18 for $23237.0. The insider now directly holds 112,261 shares of Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST).
Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST): Who are the competitors?
One of the company’s main competitors (and peers) include Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO) that is trading -11.38% down over the past 12 months.Roche Holding AG Akt (RO) lies in the list of competitors of the Twist Bioscience Corp and is 27.95% higher over the same period from TWSTRogers Corp. (ROG) is -29.38% down on the 1-year trading charts.
