Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.77 EPS

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The technology company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.99 by ($0.77), Zacks reports. Twilio had a positive return on equity of 0.85% and a negative net margin of 10.65%. Twilio updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.880-0.930 EPS.

Twilio Trading Up 1.9 %

Shares of TWLO traded up $2.68 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $147.27. 5,814,355 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,469,403. Twilio has a fifty-two week low of $52.51 and a fifty-two week high of $151.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 5.06 and a quick ratio of 5.06. The business has a 50-day moving average of $120.22 and a 200-day moving average of $89.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.59 billion, a P/E ratio of -57.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 1.43.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

TWLO has been the subject of several research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Twilio from $83.00 to $130.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Twilio from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $77.00 to $185.00 in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Oppenheimer increased their price objective on shares of Twilio from $90.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 24th. Northland Securities increased their price objective on shares of Twilio from $66.00 to $86.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt increased their price objective on shares of Twilio from $135.00 to $152.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, sixteen have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $119.25.

Insider Transactions at Twilio

In other Twilio news, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 10,834 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $113.58, for a total value of $1,230,525.72. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 244,971 shares in the company, valued at approximately $27,823,806.18. This trade represents a 4.24 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Dana Wagner sold 4,629 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $509,190.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 125,576 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,813,360. The trade was a 3.56 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 22,015 shares of company stock worth $2,483,695 over the last three months. 4.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.