Caxton Associates LLP Takes Position in Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Key Points

• Caxton Associates LLP acquired a new stake in Twilio Inc., purchasing 29,367 shares valued at approximately $2.875 million in the first quarter.
• Several institutional investors have increased their holdings in Twilio, with 84.27% of the stock now owned by these investors.
• Twilio reported better-than-expected earnings with $1.19 EPS for the quarter, beating estimates by $0.17, and projected a Q3 2025 guidance of $1.010-1.060 EPS.

Caxton Associates LLP purchased a new stake in shares of Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 29,367 shares of the technology company's stock, valued at approximately $2,875,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. lifted its holdings in shares of Twilio by 17.7% during the first quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. now owns 3,280,363 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $321,180,000 after purchasing an additional 493,000 shares in the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its position in Twilio by 36.4% during the first quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 2,071,826 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $202,852,000 after acquiring an additional 553,043 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its position in Twilio by 26.1% during the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 1,602,428 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $173,190,000 after acquiring an additional 331,202 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Twilio by 3.4% during the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,271,273 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $124,470,000 after acquiring an additional 41,896 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its position in Twilio by 5.4% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,168,947 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $114,452,000 after acquiring an additional 60,002 shares during the last quarter. 84.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Twilio

In other news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 8,297 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $117.05, for a total value of $971,163.85. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 147,823 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,302,682.15. This trade represents a 5.31% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 20,008 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction on Monday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.53, for a total value of $2,491,596.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 260,581 shares in the company, valued at $32,450,151.93. This represents a 7.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 51,671 shares of company stock worth $6,235,788 over the last 90 days. 4.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently commented on the company. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $125.00 price objective on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday, May 16th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $132.00 price objective on Twilio and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday, June 15th. Rosenblatt Securities initiated coverage on Twilio in a research report on Friday. They set a "buy" rating and a $140.00 price objective for the company. Piper Sandler upped their price target on Twilio from $140.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, UBS Group reduced 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. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $129.78.

Twilio Price Performance

NYSE:TWLO opened at $108.60 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 905.11, a PEG ratio of 3.40 and a beta of 1.27. Twilio Inc. has a 1 year low of $56.85 and a 1 year high of $151.95. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $115.77 and a 200-day simple moving average of $109.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 4.90 and a quick ratio of 4.90.

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

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.

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