Twilio (NYSE:TWLO – Get Free Report) and FiscalNote (NYSE:NOTE – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
84.3% of Twilio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.3% of FiscalNote shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Twilio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.7% of FiscalNote shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Twilio and FiscalNote, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Twilio | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 2.93 |
| FiscalNote | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Risk & Volatility
Twilio has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FiscalNote has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Twilio and FiscalNote”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Twilio | $5.07 billion | 6.88 | $33.83 million | $7.18 | 31.63 |
| FiscalNote | $95.41 million | 0.01 | -$65.25 million | ($6.63) | -0.01 |
Twilio has higher revenue and earnings than FiscalNote. FiscalNote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Twilio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Twilio and FiscalNote’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Twilio | 20.61% | 5.09% | 4.15% |
| FiscalNote | -68.39% | -80.70% | -23.93% |
Summary
Twilio beats FiscalNote on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Twilio
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. It also offers software products to build direct, personalized relationships with their end users, such as segment, a platform that provides tools for first-party data by unifying real-time information collected; and engage, an automation platform for the delivery of omnichannel campaigns. Twilio Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About FiscalNote
FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. operates as technology company North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. It combines artificial intelligence technology, machine learning, and other technologies with analytics, workflow tools, and expert research. The company also delivers that intelligence through its suite of public policy and issues management products, as well as powerful tools to manage workflows, advocacy campaigns, and constituent relationships. It serves a customer base that includes businesses comprising the Fortune 100 companies, government agencies, law firms, professional services organizations, trade groups, and non-profits. FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.
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