Magnetar Financial LLC Grows Stock Holdings in Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Key Points

• Magnetar Financial LLC increased its stake in Twilio Inc. by 237.5% in the 1st quarter, owning 60,850 shares valued at approximately $5.96 million as per its latest SEC filing.
• CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 20,008 shares for about $2.49 million, reducing his ownership in the company by 7.13%.
• Twilio's stock reported a 13.5% increase in year-over-year revenue, with a recent quarterly earnings per share of $1.19, exceeding expectations.

Magnetar Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO - Free Report) by 237.5% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 60,850 shares of the technology company's stock after acquiring an additional 42,821 shares during the period. Magnetar Financial LLC's holdings in Twilio were worth $5,958,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Driehaus Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Twilio by 219.5% in the first quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC now owns 247,039 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $24,188,000 after acquiring an additional 169,710 shares during the last quarter. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Twilio during the first quarter worth $277,000. Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ grew its stake in shares of Twilio by 0.8% during the first quarter. Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ now owns 49,300 shares of the technology company's stock worth $4,827,000 after buying an additional 415 shares during the last quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Twilio by 18.0% during the first quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp now owns 23,961 shares of the technology company's stock worth $2,346,000 after purchasing an additional 3,650 shares during the period. Finally, Truvestments Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Twilio by 50.9% during the first quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC now owns 15,169 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,485,000 after purchasing an additional 5,115 shares during the period. 84.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Twilio Trading Up 1.3%

TWLO traded up $1.36 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $105.55. 756,441 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,210,263. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 879.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.31 and a beta of 1.27. 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 50-day moving average of $116.65 and a 200 day moving average of $109.71. Twilio Inc. has a 12-month low of $56.85 and a 12-month high of $151.95.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Tigress Financial restated a "buy" rating and issued a $170.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on shares of Twilio from $140.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. KeyCorp began coverage on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday, June 6th. They issued an "overweight" rating and a $146.00 price objective for the company. Jefferies Financial Group set a $132.00 price objective on shares of Twilio and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday, June 15th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Twilio from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $129.32.

Insider Transactions at Twilio

In related news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 1,807 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.94, for a total transaction of $191,433.58. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 146,016 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,468,935.04. The trade was a 1.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,595 shares of Twilio stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 3rd. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at $28,912,181.16. This represents a 5.22% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 51,671 shares of company stock valued at $6,235,788. 4.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.