Insider’s View: Deciphering Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST)’s Financial Health Through Ratios

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The price of Twist Bioscience Corp (NASDAQ: TWST) closed at $45.18 in the last session, down -2.61% from day before closing price of $46.39. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.61 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.61 million shares were traded. TWST stock price reached its highest trading level at $47.435 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $45.04.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at TWST’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.52 and its Current Ratio is at 4.91. 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, Guggenheim on June 04, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $53.

On January 17, 2024, Goldman Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral and also upped its target price recommendation from $25 to $45.

On September 27, 2023, Berenberg started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $27.Berenberg initiated its Buy rating on September 27, 2023, with a $27 target price.

Insider Transactions:

An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 20 ’24 when Cho Dennis sold 234 shares for $46.94 per share. The transaction valued at 10,984 led to the insider holds 78,393 shares of the business.

Green Paula sold 297 shares of TWST for $13,941 on Sep 20 ’24. The SVP of Human Resources now owns 87,895 shares after completing the transaction at $46.94 per share. On Sep 20 ’24, another insider, Leproust Emily M., who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company, sold 1,730 shares for $46.94 each. As a result, the insider received 81,208 and left with 495,523 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 2720210944 and an Enterprise Value of 2444675584. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.97 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.38. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.281 whereas that against EBITDA is -15.604.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, TWST has reached a high of $60.90, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $14.42. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 9.75%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, TWST traded on average about 931.02K shares per day over the past 3-months and 685850 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 57.56M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 56.09M. Insiders hold about 4.26% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 106.39% stake in the company. Shares short for TWST as of 1726185600 were 8942509 with a Short Ratio of 9.61, compared to 1723680000 on 9210027. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8942509 and a Short% of Float of 19.93.

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