Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.77 EPS

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The technology company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.99 by ($0.77), Zacks reports. Twilio had a positive return on equity of 0.85% and a negative net margin of 10.65%. Twilio updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.880-0.930 EPS.

Twilio Stock Up 1.9 %

Shares of Twilio stock opened at $147.27 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $22.59 billion, a P/E ratio of -57.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 5.06 and a quick ratio of 5.06. The business has a 50-day moving average of $120.22 and a two-hundred day moving average of $89.34. Twilio has a 1 year low of $52.51 and a 1 year high of $151.95.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Dana Wagner sold 4,629 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $509,190.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 125,576 shares in the company, valued at $13,813,360. This trade represents a 3.56 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 6,552 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $113.55, for a total transaction of $743,979.60. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 153,910 shares in the company, valued at $17,476,480.50. This represents a 4.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 22,015 shares of company stock worth $2,483,695 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 4.50% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on shares of Twilio from $105.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $50.00 price objective on shares of Twilio in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Barclays boosted their target price on Twilio from $65.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Baird R W raised Twilio from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 24th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded Twilio from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $77.00 to $185.00 in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, sixteen have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $121.75.

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.