Here's Why Twilio (TWLO) is a Strong Momentum Stock

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For new and old investors, taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals.

Achieving those goals is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on popular investing methodologies, namely value, growth, and momentum. The Style Scores can help you narrow down which stocks are better for your portfolio and which ones can beat the market over the long-term.

Is This 1 Momentum Stock a Screaming Buy Right Now?

Different than value or growth investors, momentum-oriented investors live by the saying "the trend is your friend." This investing style is all about taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Employing factors like one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, the Momentum Style Score can indicate favorable times to build a position in high-momentum stocks.

Twilio (TWLO)

Headquartered in San Francisco, Twilio Inc. was founded in 2007 and got listed on the NYSE in Jun 2016. Twilio provides Cloud Communications Platform-as-a-Service. The company enables developers to build, scale and operate real-time communications within software applications. The company’s platform consists of three layers, Engagement Cloud, Programmable Communications Cloud and Super Network.

TWLO is a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock, with a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of B. Shares are down 2% over the past one week and up 3.6% over the past four weeks. TWLO has lost 3% in the last one-year period as well. Looking at trading volume, an average of 4,059,363.50 shares exchanged hands over the last 20 trading days.

A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2024, seven analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for TWLO, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.30 to $2.67 per share. TWLO also boasts an average earnings surprise of 84.5%.

Investors should take the time to consider TWLO for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings metrics, and impressive Momentum and VGM Style Scores.

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