Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) Shares Down 3.4% After Insider Selling

Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) shares fell 3.4% during mid-day trading on Friday following insider selling activity. The company traded as low as $102.00 and last traded at $101.82. 906,401 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 71% from the average session volume of 3,150,074 shares. The stock had previously closed at $105.42.

Specifically, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 8,363 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.59, for a total transaction of $841,234.17. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 137,653 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,846,515.27. The trade was a 5.73% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,681 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.59, for a total transaction of $1,376,171.79. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 233,305 shares in the company, valued at approximately $23,468,149.95. The trade was a 5.54% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

TWLO has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $140.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research note on Friday, September 26th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “underperform” rating and issued a $75.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Twilio from $150.00 to $135.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 8th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $132.00 target price on shares of Twilio and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, June 15th. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their target price on shares of Twilio from $140.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $130.22.

Twilio Price Performance

The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $107.84 and its 200-day moving average price is $108.61. The company has a market capitalization of $15.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 857.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.33 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a quick ratio of 4.90, a current ratio of 4.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The technology company reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.17. Twilio had a net margin of 0.43% and a return on equity of 2.78%. The company had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.19 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.87 earnings per share. Twilio’s quarterly revenue was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. Twilio has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.010-1.060 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Twilio Inc. will post 1.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Twilio

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Twilio by 211.8% during the first quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,878 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $575,000 after buying an additional 3,993 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in Twilio by 4,280.5% in the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 260,069 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $25,463,000 after purchasing an additional 254,132 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia increased its stake in Twilio by 502.1% in the first quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 32,341 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,167,000 after purchasing an additional 26,970 shares in the last quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. bought a new stake in Twilio in the first quarter valued at approximately $716,000. Finally, Horizon Financial Services LLC increased its stake in Twilio by 9,692.0% in the first quarter. Horizon Financial Services LLC now owns 2,448 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $240,000 after purchasing an additional 2,423 shares in the last quarter. 84.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.