Cloud communications infrastructure company Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after market hours. Here's what investors should know.
Last quarter Twilio reported revenues of $875.3 million, up 48.3% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 1.33%. It was a strong quarter for the company, with accelerating customer growth and an exceptional revenue growth. The company added 12,000 customers to a total of 268,000.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Twilio's revenue to grow 37.6% year on year to $920.9 million, slowing down from the 66.8% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.20 per share.
Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company has a history of exceeding Wall St's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years on average by 10%.
Looking at Twilio's peers in the software development segment, only F5 Networks has so far reported results, delivering top-line growth of 3.52% year on year, and beating analyst estimates by 0.99%. The stock traded up 10.8% on the results. Read our full analysis of F5 Networks's earnings results here.
Investors in the software segment have had steady hands going into the earnings, with the stocks down on average 0.79% over the last month. Twilio is down 0.3% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $174.2, compared to share price of $90.2.
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