Is Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST) Stock a Good Buy for Short-term Investors?

At the time of writing, Twist Bioscience Corp [TWST] stock is trading at $39.50, down -0.80%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The TWST shares have gain 12.28% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -6.71%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Twist Bioscience Corp [NASDAQ: TWST] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 13, 2024, when Wolfe Research initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $60. Previously, Guggenheim started tracking the stock with Buy rating on June 04, 2024, and set its price target to $53. On January 17, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $45 on the stock. Berenberg started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $27 on September 27, 2023. Scotiabank initiated its recommendation with a Sector Outperform and recommended $33 as its price target on January 05, 2023. Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on January 03, 2023, and upped its price target to $36.

For the past year, the stock price of Twist Bioscience Corp fluctuated between $27.41 and $60.90. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $54 within the next 12 months. Twist Bioscience Corp [NASDAQ: TWST] shares were valued at $39.50 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 36.71% based on the average TWST price forecast.

Analyzing the TWST fundamentals

According to Twist Bioscience Corp [NASDAQ:TWST], the company’s sales were 330.19M for trailing twelve months, which represents an 24.08% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.45% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.63%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.6%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.6%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.32, Equity is -0.4 and Total Capital is -0.39. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.18.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 38.45 points at the first support level, and at 37.40 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 40.70, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 41.90.

Ratios To Look Out For

It is important to note that Twist Bioscience Corp [NASDAQ:TWST] has a current ratio of 4.96. Also, the Quick Ratio is 4.62, while the Cash Ratio stands at 3.18. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.14, the price to book ratio is 5.16.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Laponis Adam, Officer, that happened on Apr 09 ’25 when 2542.0 shares were purchased. , Cho Dennis completed a deal on Apr 02 ’25 to sell 124.0 shares. Meanwhile, President and COO Finn Patrick John sold 206.0 shares on Apr 02 ’25.

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