Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) CEO Sells $5,971,740.60 in Stock

Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 32,158 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $185.70, for a total value of $5,971,740.60. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 235,542 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,740,149.40. This trade represents a 12.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Khozema Shipchandler also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, April 6th, Khozema Shipchandler sold 15,715 shares of Twilio stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.39, for a total transaction of $2,096,223.85.
• On Tuesday, March 31st, Khozema Shipchandler sold 12,624 shares of Twilio stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total transaction of $1,550,353.44.

Twilio Price Performance

TWLO stock traded up $3.25 during trading on Thursday, hitting $184.82. 1,656,509 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,539,769. The stock has a market cap of $28.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 288.78, a P/E/G ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 1.32. Twilio Inc. has a one year low of $91.84 and a one year high of $203.71. The company has a current ratio of 4.66, a quick ratio of 4.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $152.77 and a 200 day simple moving average of $135.68.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.23. Twilio had a return on equity of 4.64% and a net margin of 1.96%.The business had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.34 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.14 EPS. Twilio’s revenue was up 20.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Twilio has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.500-2.600 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Twilio Inc. will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Twilio

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Twilio in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. SHP Wealth Management bought a new stake in Twilio in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT bought a new stake in Twilio in the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd bought a new stake in Twilio in the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, Osbon Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Twilio during the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Institutional investors own 84.27% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on TWLO. Bank of America raised shares of Twilio from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $110.00 to $190.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 22nd. TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of Twilio from $160.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Citigroup reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Twilio in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Piper Sandler upped their target price on shares of Twilio from $130.00 to $192.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Argus upgraded Twilio to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $195.40.

Twilio Company Profile

Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO) is a cloud communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) company that enables developers and enterprises to embed communications into web and mobile applications. Its core offering is a suite of programmable APIs that handle messaging (SMS, MMS, and chat), voice calling, video, and user authentication. Twilio’s platform is designed to help businesses build customer engagement and communication workflows without managing telecommunications infrastructure directly.

The company’s product portfolio includes programmable voice and messaging APIs, Twilio Video for real‑time video applications, and Twilio Authy for multi‑factor authentication.