Twilio Inc. $TWLO Shares Sold by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Key Points

• Dimensional Fund Advisors LP reduced its stake in Twilio Inc. by 22.6%, selling 496,857 shares, leaving it with approximately 1.12% ownership valued at $166.8 million.
• Twilio's latest earnings report showed a 13.5% year-over-year revenue increase, with earnings per share of $1.19, surpassing analysts' expectations.
• Institutional investors hold 84.27% of Twilio's shares, indicating strong interest and backing from large investment firms.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP cut its holdings in Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO - Free Report) by 22.6% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,704,176 shares of the technology company's stock after selling 496,857 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned 1.12% of Twilio worth $166,845,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of TWLO. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of Twilio by 6.6% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 10,051 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,086,000 after purchasing an additional 623 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Twilio by 101.0% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 46,993 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $5,079,000 after purchasing an additional 23,608 shares during the period. Jump Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Twilio during the fourth quarter worth about $788,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its position in Twilio by 2,648.1% during the fourth quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 7,310 shares of the technology company's stock worth $790,000 after buying an additional 7,044 shares during the period. Finally, GeoWealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Twilio by 59.3% in the fourth quarter. GeoWealth Management LLC now owns 943 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $102,000 after buying an additional 351 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.27% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on 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 report on Friday, August 8th. Tigress Financial reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $170.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. Robert W. Baird lowered their target price on Twilio from $160.00 to $130.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on Twilio from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $125.00 price objective on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday, May 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Twilio currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $126.74.

Twilio Trading Up 5.3%

Shares of NYSE:TWLO traded up $5.31 during trading on Friday, reaching $106.28. The stock had a trading volume of 3,682,395 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,766,759. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $118.44 and a 200-day moving average price of $111.79. The company has a quick ratio of 4.90, a current ratio of 4.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The stock has a market cap of $16.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 885.74, a PEG ratio of 3.19 and a beta of 1.23. Twilio Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $56.85 and a fifty-two week high of $151.95.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 20,008 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $124.53, for a total value of $2,491,596.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 260,581 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $32,450,151.93. This trade represents a 7.13% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 8,297 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $117.05, for a total value of $971,163.85. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 147,823 shares in the company, valued at $17,302,682.15. The trade was a 5.31% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 55,771 shares of company stock valued at $6,727,911 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.21% of the company's stock.

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.