How to buy Ginkgo Bioworks stock in Canada

Ginkgo Bioworks plans to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp. But there’s no word yet on its anticipated release date or projected share price. Here's how investors in Canada can prepare to buy in when Ginkgo Bioworks finally goes public.

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Ginkgo Bioworks stock price (NYSE: DNA)

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Ginkgo Bioworks stocks at a glance

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Information last updated 2025-03-08.

Latest market close	$6.46
52-week range	$5.26 - $50.40
50-day moving average more info button	$11.22
200-day moving average more info button	$11.41
Wall St. target price	$8.60
PE ratio more info button	N/A
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$-10.54

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Ginkgo Bioworks price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $6.65 from 2025-03-12

1 week (2025-03-06)	-14.85%
1 month (2025-02-14)	-54.85%
3 months (2024-12-13)	-29.56%
6 months (2024-09-13)	5.22%

1 year (2024-03-13)	468.38%
2 years (2023-03-13)	-87.69%
3 years (2022-03-11)	122
5 years (2020-03-10)	N/A

Ginkgo Bioworks financials

Revenue TTM	$227 million
Gross profit TTM	$182.5 million
Return on assets TTM	-19.67%
Return on equity TTM	-60.34%
Profit margin	-240.94%
Book value	$13.17
Market Capitalization more info button	$437.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Ginkgo Bioworks stock dividends

We're not expecting Ginkgo Bioworks to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Ginkgo Bioworks's stocks ever split?

Ginkgo Bioworks's stocks were split on a 1:40 basis on 19 August 2024 . So if you had owned 40 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Ginkgo Bioworks stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 3900% higher stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Ginkgo Bioworks stocks, which in turn could have impacted Ginkgo Bioworks's stock price.

Ginkgo Bioworks stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Ginkgo Bioworks's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $5.26 up to $50.4. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Ginkgo Bioworks's is 1.238. This would suggest that Ginkgo Bioworks's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Ginkgo Bioworks overview

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops platform for cell programming in the United States. Its platform is used to program cells to enable biological production of products, such as novel therapeutics, food ingredients, and chemicals derived from petroleum. It serves pharma and biotech, agriculture, industrial and environment, food and nutrition, consumer and technology, and government and defense industries. Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts..

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Ginkgo Bioworks is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 6.566% of Ginkgo Bioworks stocks are held by insiders and 79.849% by institutions. How many people work for Ginkgo Bioworks?
Latest data suggests 834 work at Ginkgo Bioworks. When does the fiscal year end for Ginkgo Bioworks?
Ginkgo Bioworks's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Ginkgo Bioworks based?
Ginkgo Bioworks's address is: 27 Drydock Avenue, Boston, MA, United States, 02210 What is Ginkgo Bioworks's ISIN number?
Ginkgo Bioworks's international securities identification number is: US37611X1000 What is Ginkgo Bioworks's CUSIP number?
Ginkgo Bioworks's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 37611X100

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