Twist Bioscience Corp (NASDAQ: TWST) is -18.85% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $30.32 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 $38.32 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.61%.
Currently trading at $37.71, the stock is -0.92% and -4.72% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.18 million and changing -1.59% at the moment leaves the stock -15.95% off its SMA200. TWST registered 17.73% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -11.31%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $39.5792 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $44.86435.
The stock witnessed a -3.16% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -26.26%, and is -6.12% 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 4.75% over the week and 8.65% over the month.
Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST) has around 923 employees, a market worth around $2.25B and $330.19M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -59.76%. Distance from 52-week low is 24.37% and -38.08% 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 43.36% this year
365.0 institutions hold shares in Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST), with institutional investors hold 113.63% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 59.58M, and float is at 56.37M with Short Float at 17.25%. Institutions hold 111.27% 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
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Finn Patrick John, the company’s President and COO. SEC filings show that Finn Patrick John sold 2,058 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 23 ’25 at a price of $39.99 per share for a total of $82310.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.27 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 09 ’25, Laponis Adam (Officer) Proposed Sale 2,542 shares at an average price of $34.97 for $88887.0. The insider now directly holds shares of Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST).
