Yahoo Finance Twilio Earnings: What To Look For From TWLO
Cloud communications infrastructure company Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) will be reporting results tomorrow after market hours. Here's what investors should know.
Twilio beat analysts' revenue expectations by 1.4% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.05 billion, up 4% year on year. It was a decent quarter for the company, with accelerating customer growth but underwhelming revenue guidance for the next quarter. It added 8,000 customers to reach a total of 313,000.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Twilio's revenue to grow 1.8% year on year to $1.06 billion, slowing from the 10% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.70 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Twilio has a history of exceeding Wall Street's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years by 2.6% on average.
Looking at Twilio's peers in the software development segment, only F5 has reported results so far. It beat analysts' revenue estimates by 1.4%, posting year-on-year sales declines of 1%. The stock traded up 13% on the results.
Read our full analysis of F5's earnings results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the software development segment, with share prices up 2.2% on average over the last month. Twilio is up 3.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $67.8 (compared to the current share price of $59.28).
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