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$41.11 -0.21 (-0.51%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

TWST vs. IOVA, NVAX, VIR, RLAY, ALLO, RVMD, QGEN, ITCI, ROIV, and ASND

Should you be buying Twist Bioscience stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Twist Bioscience include Iovance Biotherapeutics (IOVA), Novavax (NVAX), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Relay Therapeutics (RLAY), Allogene Therapeutics (ALLO), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Qiagen (QGEN), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), and Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Twist Bioscience vs.

Iovance Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:IOVA) and Twist Bioscience (NASDAQ:TWST) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

77.0% of Iovance Biotherapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of Iovance Biotherapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Twist Bioscience shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Twist Bioscience has higher revenue and earnings than Iovance Biotherapeutics. Twist Bioscience is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iovance Biotherapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Iovance Biotherapeutics$1.19M2,084.80-$444.04M-$1.49-5.46
Twist Bioscience$312.97M7.80-$204.62M-$3.60-11.42

Iovance Biotherapeutics presently has a consensus target price of $22.33, indicating a potential upside of 174.37%. Twist Bioscience has a consensus target price of $51.78, indicating a potential upside of 25.95%. Given Iovance Biotherapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Iovance Biotherapeutics is more favorable than Twist Bioscience.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Iovance Biotherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Twist Bioscience
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Twist Bioscience had 23 more articles in the media than Iovance Biotherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Twist Bioscience and 7 mentions for Iovance Biotherapeutics. Twist Bioscience's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Iovance Biotherapeutics' score of 0.27 indicating that Twist Bioscience is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Iovance Biotherapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Twist Bioscience
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Iovance Biotherapeutics received 466 more outperform votes than Twist Bioscience when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.44% of users gave Iovance Biotherapeutics an outperform vote while only 58.58% of users gave Twist Bioscience an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Iovance BiotherapeuticsOutperform Votes
565
74.44%
Underperform Votes
194
25.56%
Twist BioscienceOutperform Votes
99
58.58%
Underperform Votes
70
41.42%

Twist Bioscience has a net margin of -66.69% compared to Iovance Biotherapeutics' net margin of -451.25%. Twist Bioscience's return on equity of -32.27% beat Iovance Biotherapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Iovance Biotherapeutics-451.25% -58.43% -45.48%
Twist Bioscience -66.69%-32.27%-25.37%

Iovance Biotherapeutics has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Twist Bioscience has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Iovance Biotherapeutics beats Twist Bioscience on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TWST vs. The Competition

MetricTwist BioscienceBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.45B$2.93B$5.01B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A1.89%5.16%4.06%
P/E Ratio-11.4245.25134.3717.77
Price / Sales7.80360.241,158.6875.18
Price / CashN/A160.0933.5332.53
Price / Book5.163.734.674.68
Net Income-$204.62M-$41.63M$119.07M$226.08M
7 Day Performance5.52%-4.73%-1.83%-1.04%
1 Month Performance-9.35%-6.53%-3.62%1.04%
1 Year Performance73.39%25.63%31.63%26.28%

Twist Bioscience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TWST
Twist Bioscience
4.1382 of 5 stars
$41.11
-0.5%
$51.78
+25.9%
+66.2%$2.45B$312.97M-11.42990Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IOVA
Iovance Biotherapeutics
4.0443 of 5 stars
$8.14
-0.6%
$22.33
+174.4%
+48.3%$2.48B$1.19M-5.46500Options Volume
NVAX
Novavax
3.672 of 5 stars
$8.06
+0.8%
$17.83
+121.3%
+41.4%$1.28B$983.71M0.001,543Analyst Revision
VIR
Vir Biotechnology
3.019 of 5 stars
$6.74
-2.7%
$36.40
+440.1%
-31.2%$954.40M$86.18M0.00587Analyst Forecast
RLAY
Relay Therapeutics
3.2705 of 5 stars
$4.66
-2.9%
$21.22
+355.4%
-44.5%$803.44M$25.55M0.00304Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ALLO
Allogene Therapeutics
2.7811 of 5 stars
$2.05
-3.3%
$9.73
+374.8%
-31.4%$429.82M$90,000.00-1.31232Short Interest ↓
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
2.7869 of 5 stars
$57.07
+1.1%
$61.00
+6.9%
+162.6%$9.50B$11.58M0.00443
QGEN
Qiagen
4.4347 of 5 stars
$42.11
+3.2%
$50.88
+20.8%
+2.5%$9.31B$1.97B107.975,967Positive News
High Trading Volume
ITCI
Intra-Cellular Therapies
4.4721 of 5 stars
$85.64
+2.7%
$97.23
+13.5%
+46.2%$9.08B$464.37M-98.44560Positive News
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.2837 of 5 stars
$11.49
+1.6%
$17.93
+56.0%
+30.6%$8.36B$124.79M2.03860
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.0129 of 5 stars
$124.38
0.0%
$191.77
+54.2%
+32.7%$7.54B$288.08M-15.39640Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:TWST) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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