Twist Bioscience Corp (NASDAQ: TWST) is -17.26% 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 $39.50 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.05%.
Currently trading at $38.45, the stock is -3.12% and -7.84% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.31 million and changing -2.66% at the moment leaves the stock -15.46% off its SMA200. TWST registered 31.50% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.56%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $41.723 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $45.48145.
The stock witnessed a -5.23% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.46%, and is -4.52% down 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 7.03% over the week and 8.80% over the month.
Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST) has around 923 employees, a market worth around $2.29B and $330.19M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -59.76%. Distance from 52-week low is 40.28% and -36.86% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-37.69%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 43.47% this year
362.0 institutions hold shares in Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST), with institutional investors hold 114.50% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 59.58M, and float is at 56.37M with Short Float at 17.02%. Institutions hold 112.12% of the Float.
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
Twist Bioscience Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 02 ’25 that Cho Dennis sold a total of 124 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 02 ’25 and was made at $38.73 per share for $4803.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.11 million shares of the TWST stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 02 ’25, Finn Patrick John (President and COO) disposed off 206 shares at an average price of $38.73 for $7979.0. The insider now directly holds 267,518 shares of Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST).
