Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Has $41.20 Million Position in Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Key Points

• Assenagon Asset Management S.A. has increased its holdings in Twilio Inc. by 64.4%, acquiring a total of 331,326 shares, now valued at $41.2 million.
• Insider trading activity included CFO Aidan Viggiano and CEO Khozema Shipchandler selling shares, reducing their ownership by 1.22% and 5.22%, respectively.
• Twilio reported $1.19 EPS for the last quarter, exceeding estimates significantly, and anticipates an EPS of 1.010-1.060 for Q3 2025.

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its stake in Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO - Free Report) by 64.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 331,326 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 129,849 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. owned 0.22% of Twilio worth $41,204,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TWLO. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Twilio by 211.8% during the 1st quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,878 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $575,000 after purchasing an additional 3,993 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its holdings in Twilio by 4,280.5% during the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 260,069 shares of the technology company's stock worth $25,463,000 after buying an additional 254,132 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia boosted its holdings in Twilio by 502.1% during the first quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 32,341 shares of the technology company's stock worth $3,167,000 after buying an additional 26,970 shares in the last quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. acquired a new position in Twilio in the first quarter worth approximately $716,000. Finally, Horizon Financial Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 2,423 shares in the last quarter. 84.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Twilio Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:TWLO traded down $1.36 during trading on Monday, hitting $105.14. 2,203,042 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,527,112. Twilio Inc. has a 1-year low of $62.34 and a 1-year high of $151.95. The company has a market capitalization of $16.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 876.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 1.27. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $112.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $108.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 4.90 and a current ratio of 4.90.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The technology company reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.19 billion. Twilio had a return on equity of 2.78% and a net margin of 0.43%.The business's revenue was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.87 earnings per share. Twilio has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.010-1.060 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Twilio Inc. will post 1.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen lowered Twilio from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, May 30th. UBS Group decreased their price target on Twilio from $150.00 to $135.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 8th. KeyCorp assumed coverage on Twilio in a research report on Friday, June 6th. They issued an "overweight" rating and a $146.00 price target for the company. Jefferies Financial Group set a $132.00 price target on Twilio and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday, June 15th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities initiated coverage on Twilio in a research report on Friday, September 5th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $140.00 price target for the company. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $129.78.

Insider Transactions at Twilio

In related news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 1,807 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.94, for a total transaction of $191,433.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 146,016 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,468,935.04. This trade represents a 1.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,595 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $117.06, for a total transaction of $1,591,430.70. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 246,986 shares of the company's stock, valued at $28,912,181.16. This represents a 5.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 51,671 shares of company stock valued at $6,235,788 in the last quarter. 4.50% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Twilio 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.