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Twist Bioscience Corp (NASDAQ: TWST) closed the day trading at $46.47 down -1.61% from the previous closing price of $47.23. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.61 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.51 million shares were traded. TWST stock price reached its highest trading level at $47.665 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $46.08.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of TWST, let’s look at its different ratios. 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:
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 Dec 05 ’24 when CHESS ROBERT sold 3,504 shares for $51.85 per share. The transaction valued at 181,696 led to the insider holds 21,641 shares of the business.
Cho Dennis sold 316 shares of TWST for $14,189 on Dec 20 ’24. The insider now owns 113,171 shares after completing the transaction at $44.90 per share. On Dec 20 ’24, another insider, Green Paula, who serves as the SVP of Human Resources of the company, sold 282 shares for $44.90 each. As a result, the insider received 12,663 and left with 133,433 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 2758291968 and an Enterprise Value of 1958998016. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.70 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.79. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.636 whereas that against EBITDA is -12.504.
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 $27.41. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.06%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.41%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, TWST traded about 769.59K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, TWST traded about 813170 shares per day. A total of 58.88M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 56.19M. Insiders hold about 5.60% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 109.87% stake in the company. Shares short for TWST as of 1730332800 were 9020037 with a Short Ratio of 11.63, compared to 1727654400 on 8701877. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9020037 and a Short% of Float of 20.1.
