Twist Bioscience Corp vs Ulta Beauty Inc — how do they compare? Twist Bioscience Corp trades at $88.31 (market cap $5.45B), while Ulta Beauty Inc trades at $488 (market cap $20.98B). The key difference: Ulta Beauty Inc is far larger — about 3.8× Twist Bioscience Corp's market cap, and Twist Bioscience Corp is trading nearer its 52-week high, Ulta Beauty Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| TWST | ULTA | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $5.45B | $20.98B |
Sector | Health | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $102.88 | $706.82 |
52-Week Low | $24.16 | $450.75 |
Enterprise Value | $5.37B | $23.06B |
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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.
Read more on TWST →With more than 1,300 stores and a partnership with Target, Ulta Beauty is the largest specialized beauty retailer in the U.S. The firm offers makeup (43% of 2021 sales), fragrances, skin care, and hair care products (20% of 2021 sales), and bath and body items. Ulta offers private-label products and merchandise from more than 500 vendors. It also offers salon services, including hair, makeup, skin, and brow services, in all stores. Most Ulta stores are approximately 10,000 square feet and are in suburban strip centers. Ulta was founded in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
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