Advance Auto Parts, Inc. vs Twist Bioscience Corp — how do they compare? Advance Auto Parts, Inc. trades at $53.1 (market cap $3.19B), while Twist Bioscience Corp trades at $124 (market cap $7.72B). The key difference: Twist Bioscience Corp is far larger — about 2.4× Advance Auto Parts, Inc.'s market cap, and Advance Auto Parts, Inc. pays a 1.89% dividend while Twist Bioscience Corp pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AAP | TWST | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $3.19B | $7.72B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Health |
52-Week High | $64.17 | $124.88 |
52-Week Low | $38.75 | $24.16 |
Enterprise Value | $5.47B | $7.65B |
Dividend Yield | 1.89% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Advance Auto Parts is one of the industry's largest retailers of aftermarket automotive parts, tools, and accessories to do-it-yourself customers in North America. Advance operated 4,972 stores as of the end of 2021, in addition to servicing 1,317 independently owned Carquest stores. The company's Worldpac unit is a premier distributor of imported original-equipment parts. Advance derived 58% of its 2021 sales from commercial clients, up from 30%-40% before the General Parts deal.
Read more on AAP →Twist Bioscience Corp is a synthetic biology company. It develops a disruptive DNA synthesis platform to industrialize the engineering of biology. The company's DNA synthesis platform utilizes a proprietary semiconductor-based synthetic DNA manufacturing process that synthesizes DNA on silicon instead of on traditional well plastic plates to enable the production of high-quality synthetic DNA faster and affordable as well as overcomes inefficiencies. Powering cost-effective, rapid high-throughput synthesis, it enables researchers to rapidly realize opportunities ahead. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
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