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The closing price of Twist Bioscience Corp (NASDAQ: TWST) was $52.75 for the day, up 0.73% from the previous closing price of $52.37. In other words, the price has increased by $0.73 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.53 million shares were traded. TWST stock price reached its highest trading level at $53.0075 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $45.66.
Ratios:
Our analysis of TWST’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.54 and its Current Ratio is at 4.88. 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:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 03 ’25 when WERNER ROBERT F. bought 185 shares for $49.35 per share.
Leproust Emily M. bought 5,200 shares of TWST for $256,630 on Feb 03 ’25. On Feb 03 ’25, another insider, Green Paula, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 1,259 shares for $49.35 each.
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 3142887168 and an Enterprise Value of 1958998016. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 10.04 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.57. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.636 whereas that against EBITDA is -12.504.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for TWST is 1.86, which has changed by 0.41655397 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21926713 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 $27.41. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 9.80%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 15.40%.
Shares Statistics:
TWST traded an average of 832.43K shares per day over the past three months and 775120 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 58.88M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 56.27M. Insiders hold about 5.56% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 109.89% stake in the company. Shares short for TWST as of 1730332800 were 9020037 with a Short Ratio of 11.02, compared to 1727654400 on 8701877. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9020037 and a Short% of Float of 20.1.
