Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position in Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO – Free Report) by 266.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,396 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 3,925 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Twilio were worth $768,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Twilio by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,449,586 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,197,549,000 after buying an additional 143,597 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Twilio by 47.8% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,879,395 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $588,469,000 after buying an additional 1,900,551 shares during the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. boosted its holdings in 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 worth $264,624,000 after buying an additional 750,951 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in Twilio by 225.0% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,009,237 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $201,105,000 after buying an additional 1,391,013 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in Twilio by 40.4% in the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,673,339 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $167,485,000 after buying an additional 481,257 shares during the last quarter. 84.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several research firms recently issued reports on TWLO. Monness Crespi & Hardt lifted their price objective on Twilio from $200.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Citigroup reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Twilio in a report on Friday, May 1st. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Twilio from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on Twilio from $147.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on Twilio from $200.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Twilio currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $195.40.
Twilio Trading Up 1.8%
TWLO opened at $184.82 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.66 and a quick ratio of 4.66. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $153.92 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $136.09. Twilio Inc. has a 1-year low of $91.84 and a 1-year high of $203.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $28.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 288.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.78 and a beta of 1.32.
Twilio (NYSE:TWLO – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $1.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.34 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.14 EPS. The business’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. Analysts expect that Twilio Inc. will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Buying and Selling at Twilio
In other Twilio news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 9,389 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.51, for a total value of $1,197,191.39. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 130,341 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,619,780.91. This trade represents a 6.72% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 32,158 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $185.70, for a total transaction of $5,971,740.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 235,542 shares in the company, valued at $43,740,149.40. This trade represents a 12.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,760,427 shares of company stock valued at $327,889,937. Company insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.
Twilio 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.
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