Company Analysis

Twilio Inc. (TWLO)

NYSE: TWLO · Services-Prepackaged Software · San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 2008
Grade6.1
◀ Past 7.6● Present 6.0▶ Future 5.3

The grade of Twilio Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past7.625% of the headline
● Present6.035% of the headline
▶ Future5.340% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Twilio Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+38.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 1 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Twilio Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $277 million in fiscal 2016 to $5.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 38.1% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 1 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span38.1%top 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 35% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.4% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 93 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Twilio Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 93 sales (47 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-07 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 7% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.0/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 0%: 0¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 20%: owes 20¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Twilio Inc. earned about 0 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 20 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 14% of its family
  • return on equitytop 47% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 37% of 218 in its family; net margin 0.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Twilio Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 8% by size; a net margin of 0.7% ranks in the top 44%; revenue growth of 9.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 42% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$5.07Btop 8% of its family
  • net margin0.7%top 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth9.8%bottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 41% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 41st percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Twilio Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Shipchandler, Khozema (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-02-22, 2.7 years (bottom 37% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.8 years (top 39%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (bottom 27%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 11 peoplebottom 27% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.8 yearstop 39% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.7 yearsbottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 38% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Twilio Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $682 million against debt of $992 million leaves -3.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 18% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 19.8% of revenue (top 37%); a gross margin of 48.9% (bottom 25%); research spending of 20.1% of revenue (bottom 47%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-3.2%bottom 18% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue19.8%top 37% of its family
  • gross margin48.9%bottom 25% of its family
  • research spending against revenue20.1%bottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 45% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Twilio Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 9.8% a year over the last three filed years against 38.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 9% of its family); the newest year grew 13.7% (top 48%); research spending grew -1.9% a year (bottom 27%); capital spending grew 108.1% a year (top 6%) (its annual reports). Twilio Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Messaging at $2.9 billion (57%), Other Communications at $747 million (15%), Programmable Voice at $616 million (12%), and 2 more; 5 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-28.3 points a yearbottom 9% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth13.7%top 48% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-1.9%bottom 27% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending108.1%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 26% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Twilio Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 5.3% above the $4.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 27% of its family); net income of $34 million against a prior three-year average of $794 million (top 23%); a net margin of 0.7% against -19.9% before (top 29%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace5.3%top 27% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+104%top 23% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+20.6 pointstop 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton TWLO · research, not advice