Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) Receives Consensus Rating of “Buy” from Analysts

Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) has received a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the twenty-seven analysts that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, twenty-two have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $249.6818.

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Wolfe Research raised Twilio to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Twilio from $200.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on shares of Twilio from $192.00 to $247.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. KGI Securities initiated coverage on shares of Twilio in a research report on Thursday, July 2nd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $250.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $261.00 price target on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday, August 7th.

Insider Transactions at Twilio

In other news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 1,394 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.48, for a total value of $326,865.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer 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 legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed 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 the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.43, for a total value of $3,042,396.94. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 207,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,601,727.29. This trade represents a 6.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,625,670 shares of company stock worth $334,210,575. 0.21% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Twilio

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in TWLO. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Twilio by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,449,586 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,197,549,000 after purchasing an additional 143,597 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of 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 lifted its position in shares of Twilio by 10.8% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 3,261,235 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $410,330,000 after buying an additional 316,858 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Twilio by 56.9% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,151,546 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $448,276,000 after buying an additional 1,142,309 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Twilio by 39.7% in the 3rd quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 2,643,859 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $264,624,000 after buying an additional 750,951 shares during the period. 84.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Twilio Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of NYSE TWLO opened at $225.33 on Monday. Twilio has a 1 year low of $98.44 and a 1 year high of $258.35. The firm has a market cap of $34.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.38, a PEG ratio of 3.79 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 4.62 and a current ratio of 4.62. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $207.46 and its 200-day simple moving average is $169.73.

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

Twilio Company Profile

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.