Twilio crashes after its full-year forecasts miss big

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Twilio's stock plunged after the company said it will incur a bigger full-year loss than expected.

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It forecasted an adjusted per-share loss of $0.27 to $0.30, badly missing the consensus forecast of $0.16. Twilio's trimmed 2017 revenue forecast of $356 million to $362 million also fell short of estimates, which called for sales of $370 million for the year.

The cloud communications company, which provides tools for helping apps and websites send texts and phone calls, also provided second-quarter profit and sales guidance that missed forecasts.

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"While we are seeing some changes in the relationship with our largest customer, our momentum across the business continues to be strong," Jeff Lawson, Twilio's co-founder and CEO, said in a statement.

Twilio did lose less money than expected in the first quarter on a per-share basis, while also beating revenue forecasts.

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That wasn't enough. Shares of Twilio plummeted 26% to $25.09 a share in after-market trading.