The stock price of Twist Bioscience Corp (NASDAQ: TWST) has plunged by -1.87 when compared to previous closing price of 38.94, but the company has seen a -8.76% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-03-31 that SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a core mid-cap growth and value equity company in the life sciences segment of the health care sector, and Curio Genomics, a pioneer in genomics software, today announced a collaboration to accelerate the adoption of NGS workflows in agricultural genomics (agrigenomics) by offering Twist’s FlexPrep™ Ultra-High Throughput (UHT) Library Preparation Kit with Curio’s bioinformatics software.
Is It Worth Investing in Twist Bioscience Corp (NASDAQ: TWST) Right Now?
TWST has 36-month beta value of 2.54. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for TWST is 56.37M, and currently, short sellers hold a 15.66% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of TWST on April 03, 2025 was 977.41K shares.
TWST’s Market Performance
TWST’s stock has seen a -8.76% decrease for the week, with a -3.70% drop in the past month and a -19.10% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.62%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 7.41% for Twist Bioscience Corp The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -5.87% for TWST stock, with a simple moving average of -16.99% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of TWST
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for TWST stocks, with Wolfe Research repeating the rating for TWST by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for TWST in the upcoming period, according to Wolfe Research is $60 based on the research report published on December 13, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Guggenheim, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see TWST reach a price target of $53. The rating they have provided for TWST stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on June 04th, 2024.
Goldman gave a rating of “Buy” to TWST, setting the target price at $45 in the report published on January 17th of the previous year.
TWST Trading at -14.26% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought TWST to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -37.26% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 7.41%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.62%, as shares sank -9.13% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -24.26% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, TWST fell by -8.76%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -26.56% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $40.59. In addition, Twist Bioscience Corp saw -17.77% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at TWST starting from Leproust Emily M., who proposed sale 492 shares at the price of $38.73 back on Apr 02 ’25. After this action, Leproust Emily M. now owns shares of Twist Bioscience Corp, valued at $19,057 using the latest closing price.
Green Paula, the Officer of Twist Bioscience Corp, proposed sale 140 shares at $38.73 during a trade that took place back on Apr 02 ’25, which means that Green Paula is holding shares at $5,423 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for TWST
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.63 for the present operating margin
- 0.45 for the gross margin
The net margin for Twist Bioscience Corp stands at -0.6. The total capital return value is set at -0.39. Equity return is now at value -37.73, with -29.42 for asset returns.
Based on Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST), the company’s capital structure generated 0.15 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.76. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.18. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -3933.92.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -176.71 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.83. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 6.48. The receivables turnover for the company is 8.4for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.54. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 4.96.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
