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Twilio (TWLO) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

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In the latest trading session, Twilio (TWLO - Free Report) closed at $152.58, marking a -0.51% move from the previous day. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.43%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.25%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.01%.

Prior to today's trading, shares of the company had gained 5.74% over the past month. This has outpaced the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 3.3% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.69% in that time.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Twilio as it approaches its next earnings report date. The company is expected to report EPS of -$0.23, down 560% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $861.73 million, up 46.06% from the year-ago period.

TWLO's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of -$0.53 per share and revenue of $3.79 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of -112% and +33.52%, respectively.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Twilio. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.

Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.16% lower. Twilio currently has a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell).

The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 181, which puts it in the bottom 29% of all 250+ industries.

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