FNY Investment Advisers LLC Boosts Holdings in Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Key Points

• FNY Investment Advisers LLC significantly increased its stake in Twilio Inc. by 1,946.2% during Q2, now holding 2,701 shares valued at approximately $335,000.
• CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,681 shares of Twilio's stock for about $1.37 million, marking a 5.54% reduction in his ownership.
• Equities analysts have varying outlooks on Twilio, with targets ranging from $75.00 to $152.00, indicating a generally positive sentiment despite recent stock fluctuations.

FNY Investment Advisers LLC grew its position in Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO - Free Report) by 1,946.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,701 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 2,569 shares during the period. FNY Investment Advisers LLC's holdings in Twilio were worth $335,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. LRI Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Twilio in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $25,000. GFG Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Twilio in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Hilltop National Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Twilio in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Twilio in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, TCTC Holdings LLC grew its stake in shares of Twilio by 118.1% in the 1st quarter. TCTC Holdings LLC now owns 338 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 183 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,681 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.59, for a total value of $1,376,171.79. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 233,305 shares of the company's stock, valued at $23,468,149.95. This represents a 5.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 8,363 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.59, for a total transaction of $841,234.17. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 137,653 shares of the company's stock, valued at $13,846,515.27. The trade was a 5.73% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 44,808 shares of company stock worth $4,677,916. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on TWLO shares. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on shares of Twilio in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. They set an "overweight" rating and a $130.00 price objective for the company. Morgan Stanley set a $152.00 target price on Twilio in a research report on Tuesday. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $140.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday, September 26th. Wall Street Zen raised Twilio from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, October 18th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an "underperform" rating and issued a $75.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research report on Wednesday, September 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $132.00.

Twilio Stock Down 1.5%

TWLO stock opened at $109.47 on Thursday. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $16.80 billion, a PE ratio of 912.30, a P/E/G ratio of 3.44 and a beta of 1.25. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $105.59 and its 200-day simple moving average is $109.48. Twilio Inc. has a 12 month low of $69.40 and a 12 month 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 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.19 billion. Twilio had a net margin of 0.43% and a return on equity of 2.78%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.87 earnings per share. Twilio has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.010-1.060 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Twilio Inc. will post 1.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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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