Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) Downgraded to “Hold” Rating by Zacks Research

Zacks Research lowered shares of Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a report released on Monday,Zacks reports.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Wolfe Research raised Twilio to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $275.00 price target on Twilio in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price target on shares of Twilio in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price target on Twilio from $230.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, BTIG Research upped their price objective on Twilio from $245.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $249.68.

Twilio Stock Down 3.2%

Twilio stock opened at $225.44 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $34.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.83 and a beta of 1.40. Twilio has a 1-year low of $98.44 and a 1-year high of $258.35. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $216.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of $179.79. The company has a current ratio of 4.62, a quick ratio of 4.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The technology company reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.15. Twilio had a net margin of 20.61% and a return on equity of 5.09%. The firm had revenue of $1.50 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.43 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.19 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 22.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Twilio has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.420-1.470 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Twilio will post 3.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Twilio

In related news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 1,394 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.48, for a total value of $326,865.12. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 108,330 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,401,218.40. This trade represents a 1.27% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 14,458 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.43, for a total value of $3,042,396.94. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 207,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,601,727.29. The trade was a 6.52% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 547,354 shares of company stock worth $133,284,825. Insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in TWLO. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its stake in Twilio by 19,544.7% in the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 45,717,982 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $9,432,991,000 after acquiring an additional 45,485,258 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its position in Twilio by 47.8% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,879,395 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $588,469,000 after purchasing an additional 1,900,551 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in shares of Twilio by 10.8% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 3,261,235 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $410,330,000 after purchasing an additional 316,858 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Twilio by 56.9% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,151,546 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $448,276,000 after purchasing an additional 1,142,309 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its holdings in shares of Twilio by 39.7% in the third quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 2,643,859 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $264,624,000 after purchasing an additional 750,951 shares during the last quarter. 84.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Twilio

Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO) is a cloud communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) company that enables developers and enterprises to embed communications into web and mobile applications. Its core offering is a suite of programmable APIs that handle messaging (SMS, MMS, and chat), voice calling, video, and user authentication. Twilio’s platform is designed to help businesses build customer engagement and communication workflows without managing telecommunications infrastructure directly.

The company’s product portfolio includes programmable voice and messaging APIs, Twilio Video for real?time video applications, and Twilio Authy for multi?factor authentication.