Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Twist Bioscience Corp shares valued at $5,276 were sold by WERNER ROBERT F. on Aug 04 ’25. At $28.36 per share, WERNER ROBERT F. sold 186 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 49,780 shares worth approximately $1.24 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Leproust Emily M. sold 5,585 shares, netting a total of over 158,413 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $28.36 each, the insider now holds 639,721 shares.
Before that, Green Paula had sold 1,255 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $35,597, the SVP of Human Resources traded Twist Bioscience Corp shares for $28.36 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,255 shares, worth approximately $3.16 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Wolfe Research on December 13, 2024, Twist Bioscience Corp [TWST] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $60. Analysts at Guggenheim started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early June. As of January 17, 2024, Goldman has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for TWST. Earlier on September 27, 2023, Berenberg initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for TWST stock.
Analyzing TWST Stock Performance
On last trading session, Twist Bioscience Corp [NASDAQ: TWST] plunged -3.47% to $25.0. The stock’s lowest price that day was $24.28, but it reached a high of $26.5 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -25.53%. Over the course of the year, Twist Bioscience Corp shares have dropped approximately -44.85%.
Is Twist Bioscience Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Twist Bioscience Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.44 million shares to 10.75 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 10.31 million shares. A jump of 4.06% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 10.98 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 10.98.
Which companies own the most shares of Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST)?
In terms of Twist Bioscience Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 46 in the next 12 months, up nearly 77.61% from the previous closing price of $25.9. Analysts anticipate Twist Bioscience Corp stock to reach 50 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 44. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Twist Bioscience Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 05, 2023, Scotiabank assigned a price target of “a Sector outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $33.
