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Twilio (TWLO)


Market Price (9/18/2025): $104.04 | Market Cap: $15.9 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Systems Software

Twilio (TWLO)


Market Price (9/18/2025): $104.04
Market Cap: $15.9 Bil
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Systems Software

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 17%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 15%
Weak multi-year price returns
3Y Excs Rtn is -24%
Expensive valuation multiples
P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 219x, P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 784x
1   Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -4.4%
0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 17%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 15%
1 Weak multi-year price returns
3Y Excs Rtn is -24%
2 Expensive valuation multiples
P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 219x, P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 784x
3 Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -4.4%

Market Valuation

 9/18/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$104.04$108.08$75.87$48.96$263.34
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)15.916.613.89.147.1
Total Debt ($ Bil)1.11.11.21.21.3
Total Cash ($ Bil)2.52.44.04.25.4
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)14.517.715.010.348.4
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM3.44.03.42.316.1
P/EBIT TTM219.8-443.5-35.6-8.7-50.1
P/E TTM787.5-163.9-13.7-7.1-48.3
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.82.55.0
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)3.9-0.0-0.1-0.51.7
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4-0.50.0
 9/18/2520242023
Share Price CYE$104.04$108.08$75.87
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)15.916.613.8
Total Debt ($ Bil)1.11.11.2
Total Cash ($ Bil)2.52.44.0
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)14.517.715.0
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM3.44.03.4
P/EBIT TTM219.8-443.5-35.6
P/E TTM787.5-163.9-13.7
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)3.9-0.0-0.1
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4

Business Description

Twilio Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides a cloud communications platform that enables developers to build, scale, and operate customer engagement within software applications in the United States and internationally. Its customer engagement platform provides a set of application programming interfaces that handle the higher-level communication logic needed for nearly every type of customer engagement, as well as enable developers to embed voice, messaging, video, and email capabilities into their applications. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
TWLO Return244%-22%-81%55%42%-4%4%
Peers Return74%23%-41%48%-12%18%92%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: VRSN, MDB, OKTA, AKAM, MSFT. See TWLO Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/17/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

TWLOVRSNMDBOKTAAKAMMSFTMedian
NameTwilio VeriSign MongoDB Okta Akamai T.Microsoft 
Mkt Price103.53287.77315.3890.0075.84510.02195.65
Mkt Cap15.927.025.615.811.03,789.420.7
Rev LTM4,7291,5982,2182,7634,083281,7243,423
Op Inc LTM731,085-16583628128,528356
FCF LTM72495024083867971,611781
FCF 3Y Avg41487614556574868,386657
CFO LTM7819792708531,447136,162916
CFO 3Y Avg4759101585851,430114,097748

Growth & Margins

TWLOVRSNMDBOKTAAKAMMSFTMedian
NameTwilio VeriSign MongoDB Okta Akamai T.Microsoft 
Rev Chg LTM11.6%4.6%21.9%12.7%4.0%14.9%12.1%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg11.8%5.2%27.2%20.1%4.6%12.5%12.1%
Rev Chg Q13.5%5.9%23.7%12.7%6.5%18.1%13.1%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM3.2%1.4%5.4%3.1%1.6%4.3%3.1%
Op Mgn LTM1.5%67.9%-7.5%3.0%15.4%45.6%9.2%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg-7.3%67.4%-13.8%-12.3%17.1%44.0%4.9%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM1.2%-0.1%0.7%2.1%-0.1%0.4%0.5%
CFO/Rev LTM16.5%61.2%12.2%30.9%35.4%48.3%33.2%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg10.5%59.5%8.0%23.2%36.7%46.0%30.0%
FCF/Rev LTM15.3%59.4%10.8%30.3%16.6%25.4%21.0%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg9.1%57.2%7.3%22.4%19.3%27.9%20.8%

Valuation

TWLOVRSNMDBOKTAAKAMMSFTMedian
NameTwilio VeriSign MongoDB Okta Akamai T.Microsoft 
Mkt Cap15.927.025.615.811.03,789.420.7
P/S3.416.911.55.72.713.58.6
P/EBIT218.724.3-350.581.018.730.127.2
P/E783.633.8-325.294.025.937.235.5
P/CFO20.327.694.718.57.627.823.9
Total Yield0.1%3.0%-0.3%1.1%3.9%3.3%2.0%
Dividend Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg3.2%3.9%0.8%3.6%5.8%2.2%3.4%
D/E0.10.10.00.10.50.00.1
Net D/E-0.10.0-0.1-0.10.4-0.0-0.0

Returns

TWLOVRSNMDBOKTAAKAMMSFTMedian
NameTwilio VeriSign MongoDB Okta Akamai T.Microsoft 
1M Rtn-1.4%7.5%38.9%-1.5%0.7%-1.4%-0.3%
3M Rtn-11.3%2.6%54.5%-9.1%-3.6%6.4%-0.5%
6M Rtn0.5%19.5%65.9%-21.1%-8.0%32.0%10.0%
12M Rtn72.3%58.3%10.0%21.3%-22.5%18.1%19.7%
3Y Rtn40.1%65.3%43.0%52.5%-13.0%113.6%47.7%
1M Excs Rtn-3.8%5.2%36.6%-3.9%-1.6%-3.7%-2.7%
3M Excs Rtn-21.3%-8.7%43.1%-19.1%-13.9%-3.5%-11.3%
6M Excs Rtn-13.3%3.1%49.6%-37.9%-25.1%15.9%-5.1%
12M Excs Rtn56.8%41.0%-8.6%4.2%-40.3%2.0%3.1%
3Y Excs Rtn-23.7%-7.5%-47.3%-21.7%-79.1%35.5%-22.7%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Twilio Communications (Communications)3,8593,5502,6411,598 
Twilio Segment (Segment)295276201  
Other   65 
Software   98 
Single segment    1,134
Total4,1543,8262,8421,7621,134


Operating Income by Segment
$ Mil20242023202220212020
Twilio Communications (Communications)842319   
Acquisition and divestiture related expenses-6-3   
Payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation-13-24   
Charitable contributions-17-10   
Loss on net assets divested-32    
Twilio Segment (Segment)-72-30   
Restructuring costs-166-77   
Amortization of acquired intangibles-192-206   
Corporate costs not allocated to segments-237-293   
Impairment of long-lived assets-321-98   
Stock-based compensation-663-784   
Total-877-1,205   


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity9,593,912
Short Interest: % Change Since 815202531.0%
Average Daily Volume5,352,311
Days-to-Cover Short Interest1.79
Basic Shares Quantity153,228,766
Short % of Basic Shares6.3%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/7/2025-19.4%-17.6%-10.9%
5/1/20252.3%7.5%22.2%
1/23/202520.1%30.8%4.1%
10/30/202414.3%28.0%48.1%
8/1/202411.7%7.7%11.5%
5/7/2024-7.5%-1.8%-9.5%
2/14/2024-15.4%-21.8%-17.4%
11/8/20230.3%11.4%26.5%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive1089
# Negative141615
Median Positive5.0%14.5%14.5%
Median Negative-9.9%-12.3%-14.1%
Max Positive39.6%53.1%60.7%
Max Negative-34.6%-22.4%-34.4%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
6302025808202510-Q 6/30/2025
3312025502202510-Q 3/31/2025
12312024226202510-K 12/31/2024
93020241031202410-Q 9/30/2024
6302024801202410-Q 6/30/2024
3312024508202410-Q 3/31/2024
12312023227202410-K 12/31/2023
93020231109202310-Q 9/30/2023
6302023809202310-Q 6/30/2023
3312023510202310-Q 3/31/2023
12312022227202310-K 12/31/2022
93020221104202210-Q 9/30/2022
6302022805202210-Q 6/30/2022
3312022505202210-Q 3/31/2022
12312021222202210-K 12/31/2021
93020211028202110-Q 9/30/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Viggiano AidanChief Financial Officer8192025Sell104.9650152,58315,462,401Form
1Viggiano AidanChief Financial Officer7022025Sell124.337,964990,13719,409,869Form
2Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive Officer7022025Sell124.5113,0081,619,58233,315,601Form
3ROTTENBERG ERIKA 6042025Sell120.034,100492,1184,019,524Form
4Viggiano AidanChief Financial Officer5222025Sell115.862,156249,79419,010,772Form