Blue Grotto Capital LLC Lowers Stake in Twilio Inc. $TWLO

Blue Grotto Capital LLC lessened its stake in shares of Twilio Inc. (NYSE:TWLO) by 29.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 298,483 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 125,878 shares during the quarter. Twilio accounts for 4.4% of Blue Grotto Capital LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest position. Blue Grotto Capital LLC’s holdings in Twilio were worth $42,456,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of TWLO. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in shares of Twilio by 6.6% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 10,051 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,086,000 after purchasing an additional 623 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Twilio during the second quarter worth about $251,000. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Twilio by 70.6% during the second quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 24,653 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,066,000 after purchasing an additional 10,200 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Twilio by 46.9% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 5,770 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $718,000 after acquiring an additional 1,841 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. lifted its stake in shares of Twilio by 55.1% in the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 90,128 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $11,208,000 after acquiring an additional 32,027 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Twilio

In other Twilio news, Director Andrew Stafman sold 1,000,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.14, for a total transaction of $184,140,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 620,000 shares in the company, valued at $114,166,800. This represents a 61.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Khozema Shipchandler sold 44,158 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.88, for a total value of $10,415,989.04. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 235,542 shares in the company, valued at $55,559,646.96. The trade was a 15.79% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,805,779 shares of company stock worth $338,603,196. 0.21% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts recently commented on TWLO shares. Citizens Jmp boosted their price target on Twilio from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Stifel Nicolaus set a $175.00 price target on Twilio in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Twilio from $200.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Argus upgraded Twilio to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Twilio in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Twilio currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $198.24.

Twilio Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of NYSE TWLO opened at $203.08 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $175.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $143.73. Twilio Inc. has a 52-week low of $91.84 and a 52-week high of $238.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 317.31, a PEG ratio of 4.09 and a beta of 1.39. The company has a quick ratio of 4.66, a current ratio of 4.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $1.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.34 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.14 earnings per share. Twilio’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Twilio has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.500-2.600 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Twilio Inc. will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.