Twilio (TWLO) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect

Cloud communications infrastructure company Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) will be reporting results tomorrow afternoon. Here's what to look for.

Twilio beat analysts' revenue expectations by 3.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.08 billion, up 5% year on year. It was a weaker quarter for the company, with underwhelming revenue guidance for the next quarter and decelerating customer growth. It lost -1,000 customers and ended up with a total of 305,000.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Twilio's revenue to grow 2.6% year on year to $1.03 billion, slowing from the 15% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.59 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, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Cloudflare delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 30.5%, beating analysts' expectations by 1.4%, and F5 reported a revenue decline of 3.1%, in line with consensus estimates. Cloudflare traded down 16.4% following the results while F5 was also down 9.3%.

Read our full analysis of Cloudflare's results here and F5's results here.

Valuation multiples for many growth stocks have not yet reverted to their early 2021 highs, but the market was optimistic at the end of 2023 thanks to cooling inflation. The start of 2024 has been a different story as mixed signals have led to market volatility, and while some of the software development stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share prices down 3.1% on average over the last month. Twilio is up 1.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $70.7 (compared to the current share price of $61.95).

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