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DNA vs. TWST, MENS, KYMR, SRRK, BHC, XENE, AMRX, HCM, RARE, and NAMS

Should you be buying Ginkgo Bioworks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ginkgo Bioworks include Twist Bioscience (TWST), Jyong Biotech (MENS), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Scholar Rock (SRRK), Bausch Health Cos (BHC), Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE), AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS (AMRX), HUTCHMED (HCM), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE), and NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Ginkgo Bioworks vs. Its Competitors

Twist Bioscience (NASDAQ:TWST) and Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE:DNA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Twist Bioscience$362.27M4.76-$208.73M-$1.45-19.72
Ginkgo Bioworks$227.04M3.26-$547.03M-$5.86-2.13

Twist Bioscience has a net margin of -23.51% compared to Ginkgo Bioworks' net margin of -136.56%. Twist Bioscience's return on equity of -29.03% beat Ginkgo Bioworks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Twist Bioscience-23.51% -29.03% -21.77%
Ginkgo Bioworks -136.56%-43.25%-22.29%

In the previous week, Twist Bioscience had 5 more articles in the media than Ginkgo Bioworks. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Twist Bioscience and 4 mentions for Ginkgo Bioworks. Twist Bioscience's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ginkgo Bioworks' score of 0.16 indicating that Twist Bioscience is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Twist Bioscience
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ginkgo Bioworks
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Twist Bioscience has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ginkgo Bioworks has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Twist Bioscience currently has a consensus price target of $49.40, indicating a potential upside of 72.79%. Ginkgo Bioworks has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential downside of 32.04%. Given Twist Bioscience's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Twist Bioscience is more favorable than Ginkgo Bioworks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Twist Bioscience
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Ginkgo Bioworks
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

78.6% of Ginkgo Bioworks shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Twist Bioscience shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Ginkgo Bioworks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Twist Bioscience beats Ginkgo Bioworks on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DNA vs. The Competition

MetricGinkgo BioworksMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$740.47M$3.09B$5.82B$21.17B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%3.84%3.59%
P/E Ratio-2.1321.1431.1529.15
Price / Sales3.26399.83475.5754.92
Price / CashN/A43.0937.1523.84
Price / Book1.218.079.115.45
Net Income-$547.03M-$54.72M$3.26B$992.10M
7 Day Performance-4.95%2.62%2.11%2.62%
1 Month Performance-6.52%7.63%5.12%2.51%
1 Year Performance50.79%13.11%31.25%12.94%

Ginkgo Bioworks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DNA
Ginkgo Bioworks
0.9069 of 5 stars
$12.51
+6.4%
$8.50
-32.0%
N/A$740.47M$227.04M-2.13640
TWST
Twist Bioscience
4.1868 of 5 stars
$28.02
-0.4%
$49.40
+76.3%
-40.0%$1.69B$312.97M-19.32990Positive News
MENS
Jyong Biotech
N/A$41.22
-7.9%
N/AN/A$3.13BN/A0.0031News Coverage
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
3.0894 of 5 stars
$43.62
+2.3%
$59.11
+35.5%
-12.3%$3.12B$47.07M-12.57170
SRRK
Scholar Rock
4.5802 of 5 stars
$31.52
+0.4%
$45.14
+43.2%
+273.5%$3.03B$33.19M-10.83140News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BHC
Bausch Health Cos
4.3462 of 5 stars
$8.02
-3.8%
$9.00
+12.2%
+28.7%$2.97B$9.63B30.8520,700Analyst Revision
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
2.0966 of 5 stars
$37.82
-1.1%
$53.20
+40.7%
-2.5%$2.92B$9.43M-10.65210Options Volume
AMRX
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS
3.3522 of 5 stars
$9.26
-2.0%
$11.60
+25.3%
+17.1%$2.91B$2.79B926.938,100News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
HCM
HUTCHMED
2.736 of 5 stars
$16.43
-0.1%
$28.00
+70.4%
-10.2%$2.87B$630.20M0.001,811
RARE
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
4.7233 of 5 stars
$29.70
+0.0%
$81.50
+174.4%
-48.3%$2.86B$560.23M-5.371,294News Coverage
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
3.6216 of 5 stars
$25.40
+1.3%
$41.20
+62.2%
+50.2%$2.86B$45.56M-15.684

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