Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Citizens Jmp Analyst Says

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) had its target price hoisted by Citizens Jmp from $165.00 to $185.00 in a research note issued on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “market outperform” rating on the technology company’s stock. Citizens Jmp’s target price indicates a potential upside of 28.00% from the company’s current price.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on TWLO. FBN Securities raised Twilio to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Wall Street Zen cut Twilio from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Twilio from $140.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Citigroup reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Twilio in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Twilio in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $142.12.

Twilio Stock Performance

NYSE:TWLO traded up $3.01 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $144.53. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 415,417 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,935,185. Twilio has a fifty-two week low of $77.51 and a fifty-two week high of $151.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.68 and a quick ratio of 4.68. The firm has a market cap of $22.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 352.49, a P/E/G ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 1.32. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $127.93 and its 200-day moving average is $118.08.

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

Insider Activity

In other Twilio news, Director Andrew Stafman sold 1,000,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $129.00, for a total transaction of $129,000,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 2,295,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $296,055,000. This represents a 30.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 12,922 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $104.09, for a total value of $1,345,050.98. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 220,383 shares in the company, valued at $22,939,666.47. This represents a 5.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,022,471 shares of company stock worth $131,455,722 over the last 90 days. 4.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Twilio

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. GFG Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Twilio in the second quarter worth about $25,000. CENTRAL TRUST Co acquired a new stake in Twilio in the 2nd quarter valued at about $25,000. Hilltop National Bank purchased a new position in Twilio in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Twilio by 1,564.7% during the 3rd quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 283 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Horizon Corp acquired a new position in shares of Twilio during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.27% of the company’s stock.

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.