BRKS - Brooks Automation: Explosive Growth In Human Genome Sequencing Provides Powerful Tailwinds To Both Business Segments
Introduction
Investors are underappreciating the growth Brooks Automation (BRKS) is going to experience over the next five years. The company is positioned to grow overall revenues and operating profits by nearly 2.5x and 4x, respectively, by 2025 as a result of exponential growth in the number of human genomes sequenced.
Brooks Automation provides automation and cryogenic solutions to both the life science market and the semiconductor equipment manufacturing market. The company was founded in 1978 and traditionally offered its products and services exclusively to the semiconductor manufacturing industry. In 2011, however, the company