KeyCorp Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) Stock

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) had its target price hoisted by analysts at KeyCorp from $146.00 to $156.00 in a research note issued on Friday, MarketBeat.com reports. The firm currently has an “overweight” rating on the technology company’s stock. KeyCorp’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 15.54% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. UBS Group dropped 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. Monness Crespi & Hardt boosted their price objective on shares of Twilio from $165.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on Twilio from $125.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Wall Street Zen lowered Twilio from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, October 26th. Finally, Mizuho boosted their price target on Twilio from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. 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 two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Twilio has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $139.26.

Twilio Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:TWLO opened at $135.02 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $107.35 and a 200-day moving average price of $111.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 4.90 and a quick ratio of 4.90. The company has a market capitalization of $20.72 billion, a PE ratio of 329.31, a PEG ratio of 4.18 and a beta of 1.25. Twilio has a 1-year low of $77.51 and a 1-year high of $151.95.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The technology company reported $1.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.18. Twilio had a net margin of 1.37% and a return on equity of 3.35%. The company had revenue of $1.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.25 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.02 EPS. Twilio’s revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Twilio has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.170-1.22 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Twilio will post 1.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 12,922 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, October 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $104.09, for a total transaction of $1,345,050.98. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 220,383 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $22,939,666.47. This represents a 5.54% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 8,035 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.00, for a total value of $924,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 129,618 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,906,070. This trade represents a 5.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 44,808 shares of company stock valued at $4,677,916. Company insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Twilio

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. CENTRAL TRUST Co bought a new position in shares of Twilio in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $25,000. GFG Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Twilio during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Hilltop National Bank bought a new position in Twilio in the second quarter worth approximately $26,000. Estabrook Capital Management bought a new position in Twilio in the second quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, LRI Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Twilio during the 1st quarter worth $25,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.27% of the company’s stock.

Twilio Company Profile

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.