Quantitative Investment Management LLC Invests $2.61 Million in Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Key Points

• Quantitative Investment Management LLC has invested approximately $2.61 million in Twilio Inc. by acquiring 26,655 shares during the first quarter.
• Recent insider transactions include CFO Aidan Viggiano selling 8,297 shares, worth about $971,164, reducing his stake by 5.31%.
• Twilio reported a 13.5% year-over-year increase in quarterly revenue, with earnings per share of $1.19, exceeding analysts' expectations.

Quantitative Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 26,655 shares of the technology company's stock, valued at approximately $2,609,000.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. LRI Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Twilio during the first quarter worth approximately $25,000. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in Twilio in the 1st quarter valued at $28,000. TCTC Holdings LLC grew its position in 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 last quarter. Cloud Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Twilio in the 1st quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. purchased a new position in Twilio in the 1st quarter valued at $37,000. 84.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Twilio

In other Twilio news, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 8,297 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 3rd. The shares were 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 represents a 5.31% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Erika Rottenberg sold 4,100 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.03, for a total transaction of $492,123.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 33,488 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,019,564.64. This represents a 10.91% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 55,771 shares of company stock worth $6,727,911. Corporate insiders own 0.21% of the company's stock.

Twilio Price Performance

NYSE:TWLO opened at $106.28 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $16.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 885.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a current ratio of 4.90, a quick ratio of 4.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The company's 50-day moving average is $118.44 and its two-hundred day moving average is $111.55. 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 released its earnings results 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.19 billion. Twilio had a net margin of 0.43% and a return on equity of 2.78%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.87 EPS. Twilio has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.010-1.060 EPS. Research analysts expect that Twilio Inc. will post 1.44 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently weighed in on TWLO. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on shares of Twilio from $140.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Twilio from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, May 30th. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and set a $125.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday, May 16th. HSBC upgraded shares of Twilio from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $77.00 to $99.00 in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Finally, JMP Securities restated a "market outperform" rating and set a $165.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research report on Tuesday, April 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $126.74.

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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