Ritholtz Wealth Management Raises Holdings in Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Ritholtz Wealth Management grew its position in Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) by 34.1% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 19,620 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,988 shares during the quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management’s holdings in Twilio were worth $2,440,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Ninety One UK Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Twilio during the 2nd quarter worth $212,059,000. KBC Group NV lifted its stake in shares of Twilio by 236.3% during the 1st quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 945,594 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $92,583,000 after purchasing an additional 664,420 shares during the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. lifted its stake in shares of Twilio by 36.4% during the 1st quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 2,071,826 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $202,852,000 after purchasing an additional 553,043 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its stake in shares of Twilio by 58.2% during the 2nd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,418,754 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $176,436,000 after purchasing an additional 521,713 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. lifted its stake in shares of Twilio by 17.7% during the 1st quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. now owns 3,280,363 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $321,180,000 after purchasing an additional 493,000 shares during the last quarter. 84.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Twilio Trading Down 1.6%

Twilio stock opened at $106.16 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $104.62 and a two-hundred day moving average of $109.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 4.90 and a current ratio of 4.90. The stock has a market cap of $16.29 billion, a PE ratio of 884.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.34 and a beta of 1.25. Twilio Inc. has a one year low of $69.40 and a one year high of $151.95.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The technology company reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.19 billion. Twilio had a return on equity of 2.78% and a net margin of 0.43%.The company’s revenue was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.87 earnings per share. Twilio has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.010-1.060 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Twilio Inc. will post 1.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on TWLO. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $140.00 price objective on shares of Twilio in a research note on Friday, September 26th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Twilio in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $75.00 price target on shares of Twilio in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. Piper Sandler increased their price target on Twilio from $140.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on Twilio in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $130.00 price target for the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Twilio presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $130.22.

Insider Transactions at Twilio

In other news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 8,363 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.59, for a total value of $841,234.17. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 137,653 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,846,515.27. This represents a 5.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,681 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.59, for a total value of $1,376,171.79. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 233,305 shares in the company, valued at $23,468,149.95. This represents a 5.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 44,808 shares of company stock worth $4,677,916 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Twilio Profile

Twilio Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides customer engagement platform solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Twilio Communications and Twilio Segment. The company provides various application programming interfaces and software solutions for communications between customers and end users, including messaging, voice, email, flex, marketing campaigns, and user identity and authentication.