How to buy Twilio stock

Twilio Inc is an internet content & information business based in the US. Twilio shares (TWLO) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Twilio employs 3,664 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.8 billion.

How to buy shares in Twilio

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Twilio. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: TWLO. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Twilio reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Twilio, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Twilio. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Twilio share price

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Twilio shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-23.

52-week range	USD$68.0555 - USD$457.3
50-day moving average	USD$385.8391
200-day moving average	USD$311.7247
Wall St. target price	USD$512.83
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-1.834

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Twilio financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.8 billion
Gross profit TTM	USD$915.7 million
Return on assets TTM	-4.02%
Return on equity TTM	-7.71%
Profit margin	-27.87%
Book value	$53.369
Market capitalisation	USD$67.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Twilio shares

There are currently 4.1 million Twilio shares held short by investors – that's known as Twilio's "short interest". This figure is 22.3% down from 5.3 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Twilio shares can be evaluated.

Twilio's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Twilio's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Twilio shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Twilio shares traded daily (recently around 1.8 million). Twilio's SIR currently stands at 2.34. In other words for every 100,000 Twilio shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2340 shares are currently held short.

However Twilio's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Twilio shares, or, against the total number of tradable Twilio shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Twilio's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Twilio shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0276% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Twilio shares, roughly 28 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Twilio.

Find out more about how you can short Twilio stock.

Twilio share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Twilio's shares have ranged in value from as little as $68.0555 up to $457.3. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Twilio's is 1.4964. This would suggest that Twilio's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Twilio overview

Twilio Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides a cloud communications platform that enables developers to build, scale, and operate communications 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, and video capabilities into their applications. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Twilio is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.422% of Twilio shares are held by insiders and 85.014% by institutions.

• How many people work for Twilio?

  Latest data suggests 3,664 work at Twilio.

• When does the fiscal year end for Twilio?

  Twilio's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Twilio based?

  Twilio's address is: 101 Spear Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94105

• What is Twilio's ISIN number?

  Twilio's international securities identification number is: US90138F1021

• What is Twilio's CUSIP number?

  Twilio's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 90138F102