Investing.com -- Needham is bullish on Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) Inc, which is Buy rating, added the stock to its Conviction List, citing confidence in the company’s ability to meet its long-term financial goals and capitalize on artificial intelligence and operational improvements.
The firm said Twilio is well positioned to meet its recently outlined FY27 targets, which include 7–8% organic revenue growth and $3 billion in cumulative free cash flow.
It noted that if Twilio can modestly exceed these targets, delivering 10% growth, shares could outperform over the next several years.
“We believe Twilio will benefit from AI by building adjacent solutions to their core,” analyst wrote, pointing to company position in the communications-platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) space, a growing pipeline of AI-enabled use cases, and improved operating efficiency after restructuring.
Needham added that Twilio’s messaging API business is globally differentiated and under-appreciated by investors, creating a stronger competitive moat than is widely recognized.
Twilio has also streamlined its go-to-market approach and improved cross-selling, supported by a base of more than 325,000 active customer accounts.
These changes follow a large-scale restructuring that eliminated roughly 40% of its workforce between 2023 and 2024.
The firm said Twilio is approaching a potential valuation inflection point, trading at 15 times FY26 expected free cash flow and 12.5 times EV/EBITDA.
That multiple could expand, Needham said, as Twilio is now operating more like a mature, profitable software company.
While the CPaaS market is maturing, Needham said Twilio’s innovation engine, combined with targeted investments in AI and customer data capabilities, gives it optionality to move up the value chain and achieve higher margins.
Twilio replaces Verint on Needham’s Conviction List.
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