Clayton Partners LLC Sells 21,824 Shares of Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Clayton Partners LLC reduced its position in shares of Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) by 37.5% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 36,354 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 21,824 shares during the quarter. Twilio comprises about 3.1% of Clayton Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest position. Clayton Partners LLC’s holdings in Twilio were worth $3,559,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. LRI Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Twilio in the 1st quarter worth $25,000. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Twilio during the first quarter valued at about $28,000. TCTC Holdings LLC raised its holdings in shares of Twilio by 118.1% in the 1st quarter. TCTC Holdings LLC now owns 338 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 183 shares during the last quarter. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Twilio in the 1st quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. acquired a new position in Twilio during the 1st quarter valued at about $37,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.27% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently commented on TWLO shares. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $125.00 price objective on shares of Twilio in a research note on Friday, May 16th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on Twilio from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group set a $132.00 price objective on Twilio and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, June 15th. Scotiabank upped their target price on shares of Twilio from $130.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their target price on shares of Twilio from $140.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Twilio currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $129.32.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,595 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $117.06, for a total transaction of $1,591,430.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 246,986 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,912,181.16. The trade was a 5.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Erika Rottenberg sold 4,100 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.03, for a total transaction of $492,123.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 33,488 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,019,564.64. This trade represents a 10.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 55,771 shares of company stock worth $6,727,911. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Twilio Stock Up 3.2%

TWLO opened at $106.45 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 887.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.26 and a beta of 1.23. Twilio Inc. has a one year low of $56.85 and a one year high of $151.95. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $117.46 and a 200-day moving average price of $110.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 4.90 and a quick ratio of 4.90.

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

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.