Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (CRL) vs Twist Bioscience Corporation (TWST)

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. and Twist Bioscience Corporation are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $14.6B against $9.5B — 1.5× the size. Twist Bioscience Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 19.2% against −0.74%. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. has the higher net margin (−5.96% vs −31.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.07% vs −30.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. leads on 11 and Twist Bioscience Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric CRL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
P/E n/m n/m 35.56
P/S 3.60 19.18 4.37
P/B 5.06 18.58 3.06
Price to free cash flow 38.84 n/m 35.76
EV/EBITDA 30.42 n/m 24.35
EV/Sales 4.21 18.84 5.51
Earnings yield (1.61%) (1.67%) (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield 2.57% (1.15%) (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric CRL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 32.67% 51.97% 50.89%
Operating margin 2.25% (33.58%) (8.57%)
Net margin (5.96%) (31.66%) (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin 9.27% (22.15%) 0.00%
Return on equity (7.69%) (29.59%) (2.92%)
Return on assets (3.16%) (20.78%) (6.71%)
Return on invested capital 1.07% (30.83%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.74%) 19.19% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1,555.00%) 63.89% 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.55% 33.11% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.92 0.03 0.11
Current ratio 1.35 2.67 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 3.24 1.95 0.70

Dividend

Metric CRL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.66%
Payout ratio — — 0.20

Size

Metric CRL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 14.62b 9.51b 2.16b

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