NFJ Investment Group LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in Twilio Inc. $TWLO

NFJ Investment Group LLC decreased its holdings in Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) by 16.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,795 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 3,736 shares during the quarter. NFJ Investment Group LLC’s holdings in Twilio were worth $2,673,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its stake in Twilio by 4.9% in the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 93,665 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $13,281,000 after acquiring an additional 4,404 shares during the period. Entropy Technologies LP purchased a new stake in Twilio in the fourth quarter worth $654,000. Arax Advisory Partners purchased a new stake in Twilio in the fourth quarter worth $245,000. Aurora Investment Counsel purchased a new stake in Twilio in the fourth quarter worth $2,729,000. Finally, Barclays PLC lifted its stake in Twilio by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 333,829 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $47,484,000 after acquiring an additional 7,187 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Erika Rottenberg sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.01, for a total transaction of $398,020.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 30,995 shares in the company, valued at $6,168,314.95. This trade represents a 6.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Andrew Stafman sold 1,000,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.14, for a total value of $184,140,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 620,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $114,166,800. The trade was a 61.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 1,805,779 shares of company stock valued at $338,603,196 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Twilio Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of NYSE TWLO opened at $204.46 on Monday. Twilio Inc. has a 1 year low of $91.84 and a 1 year high of $238.48. The stock has a market cap of $31.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 319.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.09 and a beta of 1.39. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $173.89 and a 200 day moving average of $143.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.66 and a quick ratio of 4.66.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $1.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.27 by $0.23. Twilio had a net margin of 1.96% and a return on equity of 4.64%. The company had revenue of $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.34 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.14 EPS. Twilio’s revenue was up 20.0% on a year-over-year basis. Twilio has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.500-2.600 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Twilio Inc. will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently commented on TWLO shares. Monness Crespi & Hardt raised their price target on Twilio from $200.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. KeyCorp increased their price objective on Twilio from $156.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of Twilio from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $215.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Twilio from $147.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $198.24.

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.