Fifth Third Bancorp Purchases 10,834 Shares of Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Fifth Third Bancorp grew its position in Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) by 339.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 14,024 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 10,834 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp’s holdings in Twilio were worth $1,995,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of TWLO. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Twilio in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. raised its position in shares of Twilio by 1,564.7% in the 3rd quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 283 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Corp purchased a new position in shares of Twilio in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Strategic Advocates LLC purchased a new position in shares of Twilio in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Finally, Wolff Wiese Magana LLC raised its position in shares of Twilio by 2,488.9% in the 4th quarter. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC now owns 233 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 224 shares during the last quarter. 84.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently commented on TWLO shares. Monness Crespi & Hardt increased their price objective on shares of Twilio from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Twilio from $147.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on shares of Twilio from $180.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Citigroup reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday. Finally, Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $200.00 price objective on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Twilio presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $187.00.

Twilio Trading Up 3.4%

Shares of Twilio stock opened at $189.56 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.66 and a quick ratio of 4.03. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $128.65 and a 200 day moving average price of $126.58. Twilio Inc. has a 1 year low of $91.84 and a 1 year high of $192.70. The stock has a market cap of $28.72 billion, a PE ratio of 296.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.23 and a beta of 1.32.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $1.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.23. Twilio had a net margin of 1.96% and a return on equity of 4.64%. The firm had revenue of $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.34 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.14 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 20.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Twilio has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.500-2.600 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Twilio Inc. will post 2.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 9,389 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.51, for a total transaction of $1,197,191.39. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 130,341 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,619,780.91. This trade represents a 6.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Erika Rottenberg sold 1,800 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $149.02, for a total transaction of $268,236.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 34,495 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,140,444.90. This represents a 4.96% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 49,588 shares of company stock valued at $6,336,644 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 4.50% of the company’s stock.

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.