Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Twitter in downbeat mode




On Tuesday the shares of Twitter (TWTR) tumbled to worst ever bottom at $13.90 which is 46.5% below its IPO price since the company became public in 2013.
Briefly the shares of the social network were traded at $13.90, but later the price rose slightly to a closing price of $14.01.
Thus, the market capitalization of the company tumbled to $9.7 bln against $14 bln last week – ahead of the financial statements for the first quarter release.
Last week Twitter reported a slowdown in revenue growth. Especially frustrating for investors proved to be the slower growth in advertising revenue. During the first three months of the year, advertising revenues increased by 37% to $595 mln. An year earlier was reported an increase of 48%.
Since the beginning of the year the company's shares are down by 40%  and this is almost 50% below the IPO price of $26. In December 2013, just a month after its listing, Twitter recorded a  peak of $74.73.
But for now one thing is sure – investors fret over this downbeat mode.




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