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After finishing at $34.56 in the prior trading day, Twist Bioscience Corp (NASDAQ: TWST) closed at $36.94, up 6.89%. In other words, the price has increased by $6.89 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.81 million shares were traded. TWST stock price reached its highest trading level at $37.35 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $35.17.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of TWST by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.62 and its Current Ratio is at 4.96. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.18 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.15.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Wolfe Research on December 13, 2024, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $60.
On June 04, 2024, Guggenheim started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $53.
Goldman Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on January 17, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $25 to $45.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 09 ’25 when Laponis Adam bought 2,542 shares for $34.97 per share.
Cho Dennis sold 124 shares of TWST for $4,803 on Apr 02 ’25. The insider now owns 111,538 shares after completing the transaction at $38.73 per share. On Apr 02 ’25, another insider, Finn Patrick John, who serves as the President and COO of the company, sold 206 shares for $38.73 each. As a result, the insider received 7,979 and left with 267,518 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, TWST now has a Market Capitalization of 2203511552 and an Enterprise Value of 2015302144. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.67 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.83. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.103 whereas that against EBITDA is -14.761.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for TWST is 2.48, which has changed by 0.20130086 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.042615533 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, TWST has reached a high of $60.90, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $27.96. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.23%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -18.46%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.16M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1358340 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 59.58M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 56.37M. Insiders hold about 5.50% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 107.07% stake in the company. Shares short for TWST as of 1743379200 were 9592757 with a Short Ratio of 8.26, compared to 1740700800 on 9299111. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9592757 and a Short% of Float of 18.17.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
