GRAIL, Inc. (GRAL) vs Twist Bioscience Corporation (TWST)

GRAIL, Inc. and Twist Bioscience Corporation are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Twist Bioscience Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $9.5B against $6.1B — 1.6× the size. GRAIL, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.1% against 19.2%. Twist Bioscience Corporation has the higher net margin (−31.7% vs −237.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (−30.8% vs −20.8%). Across the 17 metrics below, Twist Bioscience Corporation leads on 9 and GRAIL, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric GRAL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
P/E n/m n/m 35.56
P/S 30.73 19.18 4.37
P/B 2.00 18.58 3.06
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 35.76
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 24.35
EV/Sales 25.52 18.84 5.51
Earnings yield (8.28%) (1.67%) (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield (5.83%) (1.15%) (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric GRAL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin (31.31%) 51.97% 50.89%
Operating margin (338.40%) (33.58%) (8.57%)
Net margin (236.95%) (31.66%) (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin (179.21%) (22.15%) 0.00%
Return on equity (16.12%) (29.59%) (2.92%)
Return on assets (14.12%) (20.78%) (6.71%)
Return on invested capital (20.79%) (30.83%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric GRAL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.07% 19.19% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 82.51% 63.89% 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 33.11% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GRAL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.03 0.11
Current ratio 10.95 2.67 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 2.27 1.95 0.70

Dividend

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

Size

Metric GRAL TWST Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 6.05b 9.51b 2.16b

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