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Twilio (TWLO) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

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Twilio (TWLO - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $145.96, moving +0.77% from the previous trading session. The stock lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.12%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 1.01%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 0.08%.

Coming into today, shares of the company had gained 12.34% in the past month. In that same time, the Computer and Technology sector gained 2.22%, while the S&P 500 gained 4.63%.

Investors will be hoping for strength from Twilio as it approaches its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect Twilio to post earnings of -$0.23 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 560%. 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 +33.36%, respectively.

It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for Twilio. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

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 ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering 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 #3 (Hold).

The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 189, which puts it in the bottom 26% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

Make sure to utilize Zacks.com to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and more, in the coming trading sessions.


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