Twist Bioscience Corp
Twist Bioscience Corp operates as a biotechnology company specializing in synthetic DNA and related services, generating revenue through the sale of custom oligonucleotides and synthetic biology solutions to research and therapeutic developers.
Business. Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST.O) is a biotechnology company headquartered in the United States that operates within the Health Care sector. The firm is primarily listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol TWST.O. Specific details regarding its operating segments and geographic revenue mix are not available in the provided data.
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- EarningsFY 2026 earnings (expected)2026-11-09 · estimated
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Pre-earnings brief
Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST.O) experienced a significant modification in its shareholder registry, flagged as a major severity event. The data indicates a substantial shift in holdings for investor ID 587, with share counts oscillating between 116 and 842 shares as of March 31, 2026. These changes were detected in late June 2026, highlighting a notable adjustment in the position size of this specific holder within the company's top 32 investors. The magnitude of this change is underscored by the corresponding fluctuation in portfolio weight, which moved between approximately 0.000003% and 0.000023%. While the absolute dollar value of the position remained minimal—ranging from $5,512 to $40,012—the relative increase in share count represents a more than seven-fold expansion at its peak. This activity suggests active management or correction of the holding by the investor during the reporting period. Despite this specific holder activity, the broader material landscape for Twist Bioscience remained static. An analysis of 17 key fields revealed no material changes compared to prior assessments, with only four fields excluded due to schema expansion. This indicates that while individual shareholder positions may be adjusting, the fundamental operational or financial metrics tracked in the company's core profile have not undergone significant shifts. The company continues to operate with a lean executive structure, reporting only one officer, and currently lacks coverage from analysts or inclusion in major indices. With 32 top holders identified, the recent activity by investor ID 587 represents a discrete event within a relatively concentrated ownership base. The absence of cross-source signals or saga-related developments further isolates this holder change as a standalone administrative or strategic adjustment rather than part of a larger corporate narrative.
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Synthesis
Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST.O) is a biotechnology company headquartered in the United States that operates within the Health Care sector. The firm is primarily listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol TWST.O. Specific details regarding its operating segments and geographic revenue mix are not available in the provided data.
Twist Bioscience maintains a conservative capital structure characterized by zero debt, resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.0. The balance sheet reflects total assets of $641.9 million against total liabilities of $168.9 million, yielding total equity of $472.96 million. Liquidity is supported by cash and equivalents of $183.05 million, which provides a buffer against operating cash flow outflows of $47.63 million. The current ratio is not explicitly provided, but the absence of debt and substantial cash reserves indicate low immediate liquidity risk. Capital expenditures of $28.0 million were recorded in the latest period, suggesting ongoing investment in infrastructure despite negative operating cash flow.
Profitability metrics indicate the company is in an investment phase, with a net loss of $77.67 million and operating income of -$136.26 million on revenues of $376.57 million. Return on equity stands at -17.18% and return on assets at -12.66%, reflecting the drag of accumulated losses on the equity base. The valuation snapshot shows a price-to-book ratio of 11.74 and an EV/Revenue multiple of 13.11, indicating that the market prices the company based on future growth expectations rather than current earnings. The negative EV/EBITDA of -59.68 further underscores the current lack of profitability.
Segment and geographic revenue mix data is not present in the provided input, preventing a detailed analysis of revenue concentration or regional exposure. The company’s revenue generation is attributed to its core biotechnology activities, but specific breakdowns by product line or geography are omitted from the available data.
Growth trajectory analysis is limited by the absence of historical period data in the input. Without 5-year annual or 8-quarter quarterly revenue and net income trends, it is not possible to assess the momentum of revenue growth or the trajectory of profitability improvements. The current revenue figure of $376.57 million serves as the sole data point for scale assessment.
Risk assessment indicates low liquidity risk and low dilution risk, with no immediate filing-based flags detected. The company’s share count remains stable with 60.63 million basic and diluted shares outstanding, suggesting no recent significant equity issuances. The primary financial risks appear to be operational, centered on the ability to convert revenue growth into profitability, given the current negative operating income and cash flow.
Recent observations from investor relations data show strong analyst sentiment, with a mean recommendation of 1.50 (where 1 is strong buy) and a mean price target of $94.33. The median price target is $95.00, with a high of $120.00 and a low of $60.00. There are 5 strong-buy and 5 buy ratings, with no hold ratings, indicating uniform bullishness among covering analysts. No specific filing, news, or transcript observations were provided in the input data.
Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST.O) experienced a significant modification in its shareholder registry, flagged as a major severity event. The data indicates a substantial shift in holdings for investor ID 587, with share counts oscillating between 116 and 842 shares as of March 31, 2026. These changes were detected in late June 2026, highlighting a notable adjustment in the position size of this specific holder within the company's top 32 investors. The magnitude of this change is underscored by the corresponding fluctuation in portfolio weight, which moved between approximately 0.000003% and 0.000023%. While the absolute dollar value of the position remained minimal—ranging from $5,512 to $40,012—the relative increase in share count represents a more than seven-fold expansion at its peak. This activity suggests active management or correction of the holding by the investor during the reporting period. Despite this specific holder activity, the broader material landscape for Twist Bioscience remained static. An analysis of 17 key fields revealed no material changes compared to prior assessments, with only four fields excluded due to schema expansion. This indicates that while individual shareholder positions may be adjusting, the fundamental operational or financial metrics tracked in the company's core profile have not undergone significant shifts. The company continues to operate with a lean executive structure, reporting only one officer, and currently lacks coverage from analysts or inclusion in major indices. With 32 top holders identified, the recent activity by investor ID 587 represents a discrete event within a relatively concentrated ownership base. The absence of cross-source signals or saga-related developments further isolates this holder change as a standalone administrative or strategic adjustment rather than part of a larger corporate narrative.
- Twist Bioscience operates with a debt-free balance sheet and $183 million in cash, mitigating near-term liquidity concerns.
- The company is currently unprofitable, with a net loss of $77.7 million and negative operating cash flow of $47.6 million.
- Valuation multiples are high, with a P/B of 11.74 and EV/Revenue of 13.11, reflecting growth expectations.
- Analyst sentiment is strongly positive, with a mean recommendation of 1.50 and no hold ratings.
- Dilution risk is assessed as low, with stable share counts and no immediate issuance flags.
Bull / Bear case
Generated · model-assistedRevenue grew 20.3% year-over-year to $376.6 million in fiscal 2025, demonstrating strong top-line expansion momentum.
Net income improved significantly by 62.8% year-over-year, narrowing the loss to $77.7 million in fiscal 2025.
Free cash flow improved by 55.7% year-over-year to a negative $80.8 million, indicating better cash generation efficiency.
The company maintains a low leverage band with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36 and a strong current ratio of 3.64.
Cash conversion metrics rank above the biotechnology cohort median, suggesting efficient capital deployment relative to peers.
The company remains unprofitable with a negative net margin of -19.8%, significantly worse than the biotechnology cohort median.
In focus — financials by report
Revenue $110.7M, +19,3% YoY; Operating income −10,3% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $110.7M, +19,3% YoY
- ▍Operating income −10,3% YoY
- ▍Net income −11,9% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −37,6% YoY
- ▍Net margin -39.8%
Revenue $103.7M, +16,9% YoY; Operating income +5,0% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $103.7M, +16,9% YoY
- ▍Operating income +5,0% YoY
- ▍Net income +3,4% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −24,8% YoY
- ▍Net margin -29.4%
Revenue $99.0M, +16,9% YoY; Operating income +16,9% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $99.0M, +16,9% YoY
- ▍Operating income +16,9% YoY
- ▍Net income +21,7% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −11,7% YoY
- ▍Net margin -27.4%
Revenue $96.1M, +17,9% YoY; Operating income +121,1% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $96.1M, +17,9% YoY
- ▍Operating income +121,1% YoY
- ▍Net income +123,8% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow +122,1% YoY
- ▍Net margin 21.2%
Revenue $92.8M; Operating income -$41.6M.
- ▍Revenue $92.8M
- ▍Operating income -$41.6M
- ▍Net margin -42.4%
Revenue $88.7M; Operating income -$34.6M.
- ▍Revenue $88.7M
- ▍Operating income -$34.6M
- ▍Net margin -35.6%
Revenue $84.7M; Operating income -$36.0M.
- ▍Revenue $84.7M
- ▍Operating income -$36.0M
- ▍Net margin -40.9%
Revenue $81.5M; Operating income -$88.9M.
- ▍Revenue $81.5M
- ▍Operating income -$88.9M
- ▍Net margin -105.0%
Revenue $376.6M, +20,3% YoY; Operating income +60,4% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $376.6M, +20,3% YoY
- ▍Operating income +60,4% YoY
- ▍Net income +62,8% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow +55,7% YoY
- ▍Net margin -20.6%
Revenue $313.0M, +27,7% YoY; Operating income −1,7% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $313.0M, +27,7% YoY
- ▍Operating income −1,7% YoY
- ▍Net income −2,0% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow +7,8% YoY
- ▍Net margin -66.7%
Revenue $245.1M, +20,4% YoY; Operating income +5,7% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $245.1M, +20,4% YoY
- ▍Operating income +5,7% YoY
- ▍Net income +6,1% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow +33,7% YoY
- ▍Net margin -83.5%
Revenue $203.6M, +53,8% YoY; Operating income −50,7% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $203.6M, +53,8% YoY
- ▍Operating income −50,7% YoY
- ▍Net income −43,2% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −76,7% YoY
- ▍Net margin -107.0%
Valuation TTM
Revenue by segment
Business relationships
Supply chain
Peer comparison
Market position
Stress test
Predictor forecast
| Metric | Our forecast | Guidance | Consensus |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPS | —no estimate | —no estimate | -2,09 |
| Revenue | —no estimate | —no estimate | 446,1M USD |
| Operating income | —no estimate | —no estimate | -136,0M USD |
Options
Short squeeze
Earnings-call key lines
Consensus distribution
sell-side coverageEstimate revisions
consensus EPS · 26-week trendSell-side observations
Themes
ESG
Risk factors
- No immediate filing-based liquidity or dilution flags were detected.
Benchmarks vs cohort
Corporate actions / M&A
FX exposure
Comparable transactions
Derivatives & instruments
Derivative transactions
- SVP of Human Resources · Employee Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockDisposed 26 137 @ $23,33exercise · 2026-06-15
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Employee Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockDisposed 16 470 @ $8,82exercise · 2026-05-28
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Employee Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 25 017 @ $8,82exercise · 2026-05-27
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Employee Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 24 282 @ $8,82exercise · 2026-05-26
- Director · Employee Stock Option (right to buy) → Common StockAcquired 12 000 @ $14,00exercise · 2026-05-12
Actions
Ask Handelsavisen
- Market data
- Market data cache
- Issuer disclosures
- Public news
- Earnings transcripts
- Consensus estimates
- ESG data
- Reference data
- Price To Tangible Bookmarket_price / (tangible_book_value / shares_outstanding_diluted)
- Price To Bookmarket_price / (adjusted_book_value / shares_outstanding_diluted)
- Return On Equitynet_income / total_equity
- Enterprise Valuemarket_cap - net_cash
- Ev To Revenueenterprise_value / revenue
- Net Cashcash_and_equivalents + short_term_investments - short_term_debt - long_term_debt
- Twist Bioscience Corp Market data — financials · 2026-07-25
- Twist Bioscience Corp Market data — analyst estimates · 2026-07-25
- Twist Bioscience Corp Market data — ESG · 2026-07-25
- Twist Bioscience Corp HA canonical relationships · 2026-07-25
Ownership & reference
Top holders
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,02 %$29M
- Funds · as of 2026-03-310,02 %$103M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$81M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$37M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$35M
- Investment Managers · as of 2024-06-300,01 %$267M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$174M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$90M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$72M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$26M
- Investment Managers · as of 2024-12-310,00 %$14M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$22M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$5M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$25M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$6M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$5M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,00 %$183M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$9M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$26M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$3M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
- Brokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
- Brokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
Leadership
- Emily M. LeproustChairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Insider activity
- President and COO · Common StockSold 2 238 @ $93,89$210K · 2026-07-23
- Chief Financial Officer · Common StockSold 2 399 @ $94,33$226K · 2026-07-09
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockSold 18 880 @ $95,00$1,8M · 2026-06-25
- See Remarks · Common StockSold 14 205 @ $89,75$1,3M · 2026-06-24
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockSold 1 688 @ $87,32$147K · 2026-06-22
- See Remarks · Common StockSold 346 @ $87,32$30K · 2026-06-22
- SVP of Human Resources · Common StockSold 291 @ $87,32$25K · 2026-06-22
- SVP of Human Resources · Common StockSold 2 028 @ $82,17$167K · 2026-06-15
- SVP of Human Resources · Common StockSold 24 109 @ $81,62$2,0M · 2026-06-15
- SVP of Human Resources · Common StockOther 26 137 @ $23,33$610K · 2026-06-15
- Chief Accounting Officer · Common StockSold 232 @ $69,84$16K · 2026-06-08
- See Remarks · Common StockSold 402 @ $69,84$28K · 2026-06-08
- Chief Accounting Officer · Common StockOther 500 · 2026-06-08
- Chief Accounting Officer · Common StockSold 1 127 @ $69,07$78K · 2026-06-08
- SVP of Human Resources · Common StockSold 884 @ $69,84$62K · 2026-06-08
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockSold 2 265 @ $69,84$158K · 2026-06-08
- See Remarks · Common StockSold 14 205 @ $69,75$991K · 2026-05-29
- Chief Financial Officer · Common StockSold 4 000 @ $70,00$280K · 2026-05-29
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockSold 7 623 @ $67,95$518K · 2026-05-28
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockSold 6 465 @ $68,61$444K · 2026-05-28
- Director · Common StockSold 2 500 @ $68,00$170K · 2026-05-28
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockSold 900 @ $66,85$60K · 2026-05-28
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockSold 1 482 @ $65,33$97K · 2026-05-28
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 16 470 @ $8,82$145K · 2026-05-28
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 25 017 @ $8,82$221K · 2026-05-27
Short positioning
Geographic breakdown
Intel & risk
Evidence & claims
From filings & derived data- Shareholders' equity (annual): USD 456.1MUnknown
- Total assets (annual): USD 638.09MUnknown
- Current liabilities (annual): USD 80.44MUnknown
- Total liabilities (annual): USD 181.99MUnknown
- Current assets (annual): USD 303.88MUnknown
- Cash & equivalents (annual): USD 148.59MUnknown
- Shares outstanding (annual): 61.27MUnknown
- Debt-to-equity (FY 2025-12-31): 0.40xDerived (calculated)
- Current ratio (FY 2025-12-31): 3.78xDerived (calculated)
- Cash & equivalents (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -32.9%Derived (calculated)
- Shareholders' equity (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 0.0%Derived (calculated)
- Total assets (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 4.8%Derived (calculated)
- Total liabilities (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 19.2%Derived (calculated)
- Pre-tax income (annual): USD -76.95MUnknown
- Capex (annual): USD 28MUnknown
- R&D expense (annual): USD 80.28MUnknown
- EPS (diluted) (annual): USD-PER-SHARES -1Unknown
- EPS (basic) (annual): USD-PER-SHARES -1Unknown
- Cost of revenue (annual): USD 185.57MUnknown
- Operating income (annual): USD -136.26MUnknown
- Net income (annual): USD -77.67MUnknown
- Operating cash flow (annual): USD -47.63MUnknown
- Capex (YoY) (2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30): 451.7%Derived (calculated)
- R&D expense (YoY) (2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30): -11.6%Derived (calculated)