Empowered Funds LLC Has $7.48 Million Holdings in Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Empowered Funds LLC cut its holdings in shares of Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) by 8.1% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 60,133 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 5,283 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Twilio were worth $7,478,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. LSV Asset Management boosted its stake in Twilio by 0.7% in the second quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 21,940 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,728,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares in the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Twilio by 0.3% in the second quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 43,495 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $5,409,000 after buying an additional 115 shares during the last quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH raised its holdings in shares of Twilio by 10.7% in the second quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH now owns 84,175 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $10,468,000 after buying an additional 8,116 shares during the last quarter. Generali Investments Management Co LLC lifted its position in Twilio by 570.8% during the 2nd quarter. Generali Investments Management Co LLC now owns 4,441 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $552,000 after buying an additional 3,779 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC bought a new stake in Twilio during the 2nd quarter worth about $981,000. Institutional investors own 84.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 8,363 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.59, for a total transaction of $841,234.17. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 137,653 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,846,515.27. This trade represents a 5.73% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,681 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.59, for a total transaction of $1,376,171.79. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 233,305 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $23,468,149.95. The trade was a 5.54% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 44,515 shares of company stock valued at $4,673,128 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Twilio in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Twilio from $130.00 to $147.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Twilio from $110.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $154.00 price objective on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Twilio from $140.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Twilio has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $139.26.

Twilio Stock Performance

Shares of Twilio stock opened at $120.23 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $112.93 and a two-hundred day moving average of $114.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 4.68 and a current ratio of 4.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 293.24, a PEG ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.33. Twilio Inc. has a 52 week low of $77.51 and a 52 week high of $151.95.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The technology company reported $1.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $1.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.25 billion. Twilio had a return on equity of 3.36% and a net margin of 1.37%.The firm’s revenue was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.02 EPS. Twilio has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.170-1.22 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Twilio Inc. will post 1.44 EPS for the current 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.