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TWLO

LONGSHORTINSIDER SELL

TWILIO INC

Research: Finviz ↗·Perplexity ↗

Buyers
3
4.46
Sellers
3
2.81
vs SPY
+4.5%
Stock return (since Q-end)
+6.6%
SPY return (since Q-end)
+2.1%
Current price
$219.89
Days to cover (short int.)
2.7d↑+2.3%
as of 2026-07-31

News Summary

Positive

Twilio delivered a strong Q2 2026 earnings beat (EPS +24.6%, revenue +4.8% vs. consensus) and significantly raised full-year guidance from 14–15% to 18–18.5% revenue growth, triggering a 22.7% single-day stock surge and multiple analyst price-target increases. The company is successfully repositioning around AI-driven customer engagement infrastructure and returned capital through a $1.2B buyback, though earlier-year activist pressure and valuation concerns persist.

Red flags

  • Valuation risk: June 2026 analyst downgrade to Sell citing unjustified 'AI premium' in stock price; significant recent stock appreciation may limit upside
  • Activist investor pressure: Company previously faced calls to divest Segment business; ongoing governance scrutiny remains

Funds Buying (3)

FundManagerShares Held∆ SharesPosition Value% of FundQoQStatus
Durable Capital PartnersHenry Ellenbogen1.8M+1.8M$381M3.7%NEW
Whale Rock CapitalAlex Sacerdote822K+822K$170M1.4%NEW
Point72Steve Cohen213K+213K$44M<0.1%NEW

Shares Held and Position Value reflect total quarter-end holdings. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the position's share of the fund's reported equity portfolio — it drives the size weighting in the conviction score.

Portfolio Context

Where TWLO ranks in each buying fund's book, and the positions immediately around it. What a holding sits next to often says more about the thesis than the position size does.

Durable Capital Partners

position #10 of this fund's book

  1. 7XPO INC$498M
  2. 8CARVANA CO$442M
  3. 9MADISON AIR SOLUTIONS CORP$398M
  4. 10TWILIO INC$381M
  5. 11AFFIRM HLDGS INC$361M
  6. 12FABRINET$339M
  7. 13PRIVIA HEALTH GROUP INC$299M
Whale Rock Capital

position #24 of this fund's book

  1. 21WESTERN DIGITAL CORP$256M
  2. 22APPLOVIN CORP$238M
  3. 23SNOWFLAKE INC$225M
  4. 24TWILIO INC$170M
  5. 25SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HLDNGS PL$143M
  6. 26KLAVIYO INC$83M
  7. 27NVIDIA CORPORATION$75M

Values are quarter-end position sizes. Shown only for funds where TWLO ranks inside their 40 largest equity positions — below that, neighbouring names carry no signal. Adjacency is an inference about a fund's reasoning, not a disclosure of it.

Funds Reducing / Exiting (3)

FundManagerShares Held∆ SharesPosition Value% of FundQoQStatus
Sachem Head CapitalScott Ferguson620K-1,674,597$128M7.0%-73%Existing
Viking GlobalAndreas Halvorsen0−451K0.2%-100%EXITED
Duquesne Family OfficeStanley Druckenmiller0−182K0.8%-100%EXITED

Shares Held reflects quarter-end positions for partial reductions. Funds that fully exited show 0 shares held. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the prior-quarter position size — how much of the book was sold down.

Signal History

QuarterDirectionFundsScorevs SPY
Q2 2026SHORT32.81+4.5%
Q2 2026LONG34.46+4.5%
Q1 2026LONG32.82+69.6%

Same issuer appearing in consecutive quarters — persistent institutional conviction. Returns are frozen at each archived quarter's last refresh.

Insider Activity

NameTitleTypeSharesPriceValueFiledSrc
Viggiano AidanChief Financial OfficerSELL610$233.32$0.14M2026-08-17
Viggiano AidanChief Financial OfficerSELL310$234.30$0.07M2026-08-17
Viggiano AidanChief Financial OfficerSELL304$234.95$0.07M2026-08-17
Viggiano AidanChief Financial OfficerSELL170$238.10$0.04M2026-08-17
Stafman AndrewSELL500K$247.08$123.54M2026-08-12
ROTTENBERG ERIKASELL487$249.17$0.12M2026-08-10
ROTTENBERG ERIKASELL357$250.83$0.09M2026-08-10
ROTTENBERG ERIKASELL2K$251.74$0.38M2026-08-10
ROTTENBERG ERIKASELL628$252.55$0.16M2026-08-10
ROTTENBERG ERIKASELL190$253.56$0.05M2026-08-10
ROTTENBERG ERIKASELL334$254.78$0.09M2026-08-10
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL3K$206.99$0.57M2026-07-06
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL1K$208.48$0.21M2026-07-06
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL2K$210.08$0.48M2026-07-06
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL4K$211.26$0.94M2026-07-06
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL3K$212.36$0.61M2026-07-06
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL1K$213.25$0.23M2026-07-06
Viggiano AidanChief Financial OfficerSELL9K$205.43$1.75M2026-07-02
Viggiano AidanChief Financial OfficerSELL1K$199.27$0.27M2026-06-30
Viggiano AidanChief Financial OfficerSELL2K$200.28$0.46M2026-06-30
Viggiano AidanChief Financial OfficerSELL3K$201.30$0.56M2026-06-30
Viggiano AidanChief Financial OfficerSELL2K$202.97$0.49M2026-06-30
Viggiano AidanChief Financial OfficerSELL240$203.68$0.05M2026-06-30
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL2K$199.24$0.39M2026-06-30
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL3K$200.20$0.65M2026-06-30
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL4K$201.26$0.86M2026-06-30
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL2K$202.49$0.32M2026-06-30
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL3K$203.15$0.56M2026-06-30
Shipchandler KhozemaChief Executive OfficerSELL74$203.88$0.02M2026-06-30

Beneficial Ownership (13D/13G)

FilerFormShares% of ClassFiledSrc
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.SC 13G/A12.2M8.0%2026-07-27
Vanguard Capital ManagementSC 13G8.1M5.3%2026-04-30
Vanguard Portfolio ManagementSC 13G8.1M5.3%2026-04-29

SC 13D = active intent to influence control (10-day filing deadline after crossing 5%). SC 13G = passive accumulation, no intent to influence control.