Twist Bioscience Corp. (TWST)
NASDAQHealth CareBiotechnologySnapshot 2026-11-04
$142.58+1.63%
Close 2026-11-04 · 1-day change
NASDAQHealth CareBiotechnologySnapshot 2026-11-04
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
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Life Sciences Tools & Services: structurally weak cohort (structural / late-cycle), so the cyclical early-warning is suppressed.
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The reason to own it still holds.
View ThesisRevenue is growing steadily — about 19% over the past year.
View GrowthMiddle-of-the-pack quality for its industry.
View QualityMiddle-of-the-pack management execution.
View ManagementExpectations look reasonable — what the market is pricing in sits in line with or below what analysts forecast.
View ValuationThis stock is volatile — it swings about 3% on a typical day and fell roughly 37% in its worst 12-month stretch.
View RiskTwist Bioscience's AI drug discovery engine has to keep compounding to justify the price. Revenue grew 23% year over year in the latest quarter. However, the company missed its earnings target by 12%. It trades at 22 times sales versus a 5 times peer median. This premium is 4.4 times the peer average. Our model puts the next-quarter miss probability near 43%. Peer multiples imply a price about 19% below where it trades. Our read remains intact. This read is provisional.
Trailing returns as of 2026-11-04. TWST is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 13 analysts currently covering TWST (as of Nov 2026).
Based on 8 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for TWST in the last 4 months.
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Quarterly · checked companies · value or % of revenue
A consensus fair price across 3 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-11-04. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Life Sciences Tools & Services — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
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Advances: Expand customer base and product shipments
New MRD product expands the portfolio and may support customer adoption and shipments.
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End-of-day figures as of 2026-11-04. EPS is implied from price ÷ P/E. Not investment advice.
Current $142.58
The last 12 months of price, then the range of analyst 12-month targets from today’s $142.58.
Analyst ratings and price targets are third-party Wall Street estimates, not QuarterlyIQ’s view. Not investment advice.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Below average on quality vs scored peers
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
TTM earnings are negative. P/E-based methods drop out and the estimate leans on sales- and cash-flow-based methods. A data condition, not a forward call.
Lilly TuneLab partnership broadens AI drug-discovery exposure and pharma access.
CEO stock sale raises concerns about leadership commitment.
Advances: Expand customer base and product shipments
Eli Lilly partnership expands customer base and product shipments.
Lilly partnership supports AI drug-discovery reach and potential DNA synthesis demand.
Advances: Drive revenue growth with raised FY26 guidance to $456-$457M
Increased demand supports revenue growth objective.
Advances: Drive revenue growth with raised FY26 guidance to $456-$457M
Raised guidance and capital raise materially strengthen growth outlook, though settlement talks add uncertainty.
Advances: Drive revenue growth with raised FY26 guidance to $456-$457M
Reported revenue growth supports execution and technology-led demand.