Archon Capital Management LLC Buys 7,000 Shares of Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Archon Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) by 29.2% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 31,000 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,000 shares during the period. Twilio makes up about 3.2% of Archon Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest position. Archon Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Twilio were worth $3,855,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of TWLO. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. increased its position in shares of Twilio by 17.7% during the first quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. now owns 3,280,363 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $321,180,000 after buying an additional 493,000 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. boosted its position in Twilio by 36.4% during the 1st quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 2,071,826 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $202,852,000 after acquiring an additional 553,043 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC grew its holdings in shares of Twilio by 19.8% during the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 1,920,443 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $188,031,000 after acquiring an additional 318,015 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Twilio during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $228,877,000. Finally, Ninety One UK Ltd bought a new position in shares of Twilio in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $212,059,000. 84.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

TWLO has been the topic of several research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Twilio from $140.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. FBN Securities upgraded shares of Twilio to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Twilio from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Twilio from $110.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $154.00 price objective on shares of Twilio in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $139.26.

Insider Activity

In other Twilio news, Director Andrew Stafman sold 1,000,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $129.00, for a total transaction of $129,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,295,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $296,055,000. This represents a 30.35% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 13,681 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.59, for a total transaction of $1,376,171.79. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 233,305 shares in the company, valued at approximately $23,468,149.95. The trade was a 5.54% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 1,044,515 shares of company stock valued at $133,673,128 over the last ninety days. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Twilio Trading Down 2.4%

Shares of NYSE TWLO opened at $124.99 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $117.79 and its 200-day moving average price is $115.82. Twilio Inc. has a 52-week low of $77.51 and a 52-week high of $151.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 4.68 and a current ratio of 4.68. The company has a market cap of $19.18 billion, a PE ratio of 304.85, a P/E/G ratio of 3.43 and a beta of 1.32.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The technology company reported $1.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.18. The company had revenue of $1.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.25 billion. Twilio had a net margin of 1.37% and a return on equity of 3.36%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.02 EPS. Twilio has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.170-1.22 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Twilio Inc. will post 1.44 EPS 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.