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 $14.1B against $12.4B — 1.1× 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 10 and Twist Bioscience Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric CRL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
P/E n/m n/m 33.95
P/S 3.52 26.49 4.87
P/B 4.94 25.66 3.12
Price to free cash flow 37.94 n/m 34.02
EV/EBITDA 29.82 n/m 25.20
EV/Sales 4.12 26.18 5.66
Earnings yield (1.65%) (1.21%) (1.75%)
Free cash flow yield 2.64% (0.84%) (0.13%)

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% —
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 0.78

Dividend

Metric CRL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.70%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CRL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 14.09b 12.39b 2.56b

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