Twist Bioscience Corporation

TWST

Medical - Diagnostics & Research · Healthcare

Price

$93.85

+2.62 (+2.87%)

Market Cap

$5.84B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+24.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 48.3M (2021) → 59.8M (2025)

Twist Bioscience Corporation, a synthetic biology company, manufactures and sells synthetic DNA-based products. The company's DNA synthesis platform enables the manufacturing of synthetic DNA by writing DNA on a silicon chip. It offers synthetic DNA-based products, including synthetic genes, tools for sample preparation, antibody libraries for drug discovery and development, and DNA as a digital data storage medium. The company has collaboration agreements with Victorian Clinical Genetic Service

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+19.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-7.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$80M/ year

↓ Declining (-12% vs prior year)

21.3% of revenue

In line with sector average (18%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

4.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~14 months

$123M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Growth context

Twist Bioscience Corporation is growing revenue at 19% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

51.6%

Healthy — 51.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

-41.4%

Losing money on operations — -41.4%

ROCE

-8.3%

Weak — -8.3% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+15.5%

Fast-growing sales (15.5% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-19.4%

Burning cash (-19.4%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.21

Conservative — low debt load (0.21)

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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