Cinctive Capital Management LP Purchases New Position in Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Cinctive Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 34,601 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,463,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TWLO. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Twilio during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $228,877,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in shares of Twilio by 225.0% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,009,237 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $201,105,000 after buying an additional 1,391,013 shares during the last quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC grew its position in shares of Twilio by 752.5% in the 3rd quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 755,015 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $75,569,000 after buying an additional 666,448 shares during the last quarter. Atreides Management LP raised its stake in Twilio by 533.1% during the 2nd quarter. Atreides Management LP now owns 730,300 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $90,820,000 after acquiring an additional 614,943 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in Twilio by 1,296.3% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 592,085 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $59,262,000 after acquiring an additional 549,680 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.27% of the company’s stock.

Twilio Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of Twilio stock opened at $124.40 on Monday. Twilio Inc. has a 1 year low of $77.51 and a 1 year high of $145.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 4.03 and a current ratio of 4.03. The company has a market capitalization of $18.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 654.78, a PEG ratio of 5.11 and a beta of 1.30. The company’s fifty day moving average is $121.91 and its two-hundred day moving average is $120.31.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.09. Twilio had a net margin of 0.67% and a return on equity of 3.93%. The business had revenue of $1.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.32 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.00 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 14.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Twilio has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.210-1.260 EPS. Analysts forecast that Twilio Inc. will post 1.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,336 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $134.28, for a total value of $1,790,758.08. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 193,781 shares in the company, valued at $26,020,912.68. The trade was a 6.44% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Aidan Viggiano sold 8,109 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $143.38, for a total value of $1,162,668.42. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 119,449 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,126,597.62. This represents a 6.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 43,753 shares of company stock worth $6,050,080 in the last 90 days. 4.50% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have issued reports on TWLO shares. Piper Sandler restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $130.00 price objective (down from $148.00) on shares of Twilio in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $125.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $180.00 target price on shares of Twilio in a report on Friday, February 13th. Argus raised Twilio to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded Twilio from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $145.22.

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.