Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) Receives Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-six ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have issued a hold recommendation, seventeen have given a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $132.00.

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Twilio in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. UBS Group decreased their target price on Twilio from $150.00 to $135.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $140.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday, September 26th. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on Twilio in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $130.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded Twilio from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Twilio news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 8,363 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.59, for a total value of $841,234.17. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 137,653 shares in the company, valued at $13,846,515.27. The trade was a 5.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,681 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 233,305 shares in the company, valued at $23,468,149.95. This represents a 5.54% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 44,808 shares of company stock worth $4,677,916. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Twilio

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in TWLO. LRI Investments LLC purchased a new stake in Twilio in the first quarter valued at $25,000. GFG Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Twilio in the second quarter valued at $25,000. CENTRAL TRUST Co purchased a new stake in Twilio in the second quarter valued at $25,000. Hilltop National Bank purchased a new stake in Twilio in the second quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Twilio in the first quarter valued at $28,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.27% of the company’s stock.

Twilio Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of TWLO opened at $114.50 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 4.90, a quick ratio of 4.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. Twilio has a 12 month low of $70.03 and a 12 month high of $151.95. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $106.12 and its two-hundred day moving average is $110.37. The firm has a market cap of $17.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 954.23, a PEG ratio of 3.49 and a beta of 1.25.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The technology company reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.17. The company 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%.Twilio’s quarterly revenue was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.87 earnings per share. Twilio has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.010-1.060 EPS. Analysts predict that Twilio will post 1.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Twilio Company 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.