Twilio to Acquire Sendgrid in All-Stock Deal; High-Margin Engagement Cloud Stands to Benefit
On Oct. 15, Twilio announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sendgrid, a provider of email API products for transactional as well as promotional use-cases. In our view, although Twilio is paying a high price for SendGrid in terms of an enterprise value to sales ratio of roughly 18 times, we like the strategic fit of the deal and believe that Twilio is using overvalued stock to fund the deal. We will raise our fair value estimate for Twilio to $63 per share from $46, not bec...Twilio provides a cloud communications platform that enables developers to build, scale and operate communications within their software applications via the company's Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The company's platform consists of three layers: Engagement Cloud, which provides functionality for a specific purpose, such as two-factor authentication or a contact center; Programmable Communications Cloud, which provides a range of products that enables developers to embed voice, messaging and video capabilities into their applications; and Super Network, which contains a set of API's giving the company's customers access to components of its platform.
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