Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) Receives $220.59 Average PT from Analysts

Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the twenty-six research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have assigned a hold recommendation, nineteen have issued a buy recommendation and four have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $220.5909.

Several research firms have recently issued reports on TWLO. Monness Crespi & Hardt upped their price objective on Twilio from $200.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $230.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. UBS Group boosted their target price on Twilio from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Weiss Ratings raised Twilio from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Twilio from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th.

Twilio Stock Performance

NYSE:TWLO opened at $196.43 on Thursday. Twilio has a 12 month low of $91.84 and a 12 month high of $238.48. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $29.81 billion, a PE ratio of 306.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.93 and a beta of 1.37. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $202.28 and its 200 day moving average price is $159.54.

Insider Activity at Twilio

In related news, Director Andrew Stafman sold 1,000,000 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.14, for a total transaction of $184,140,000.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 620,000 shares in the company, valued at $114,166,800. This trade represents a 61.73% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 9,093 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $201.25, for a total transaction of $1,829,966.25. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 118,252 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $23,798,215. This trade represents a 7.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,802,480 shares of company stock worth $341,620,487. Corporate insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Twilio

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Twilio during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. SHP Wealth Management acquired a new position in Twilio during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT purchased a new stake in Twilio in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd purchased a new stake in Twilio in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Osbon Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Twilio in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.27% of the company’s stock.

About Twilio

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.