What Happened?
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after markets benefited from a "risk-on" sentiment fueled by potential peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.
As geopolitical tensions eased, investors returned to growth-heavy favorites like Microsoft and ServiceNow, which offer high-margin subscription revenue and clearer paths for integrating generative AI into enterprise workflows.
The stock market overreacts to news, and big price drops can present good opportunities to buy high-quality stocks.
Among others, the following stocks were impacted:
- Developer Operations company GitLab (NASDAQ: GTLB) jumped 6.9%. Is now the time to buy GitLab? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.
- Communications Platform company Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) jumped 7.1%. Is now the time to buy Twilio? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.
- Healthcare And Life Sciences Software company Doximity (NYSE: DOCS) jumped 7.1%. Is now the time to buy Doximity? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.
Zooming In On Twilio (TWLO)
Twilio’s shares are very volatile and have had 22 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The previous big move we wrote about was 5 days ago when the stock dropped 5.9% on the news that a UBS downgrade of ServiceNow (NOW) sent shockwaves through the sector, exacerbating a sell-off that began the previous day.
Investors were increasingly rattled by the "seat compression" narrative, where AI-driven automation reduces the number of human users required for traditional enterprise software, directly threatening the per-seat revenue models of giants like Salesforce and Adobe. This sentiment was fueled by the rapid rise of AI-native competitors and "vibe coding" startups that can replicate complex features at a fraction of the legacy cost.
Twilio is down 4.1% since the beginning of the year, but at $132.71 per share, it is still trading close to its 52-week high of $144.14 from December 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Twilio’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at only $340.37.
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